Part 77

Pharmakeuein, 93

Pharmakoi, use of, 52

Pharmakon, 93

Phenacetin, discovery, ii, 273

Phillips, P. L., critic, ii, 68

Philon, 91

Philonium, inventor, 91; formulæ, ii, 39, ii, 40, ii, 41

Philosopher’s stone, 106, 363

Philosophic egg, 379

Phlogiston theory, 176

Phœnix, as alchemists sign, 26; legends of, 27; Biblical references, 27; longevity, 27

Phosphor paste, 368

Phosphorus, Hanckwitz’s advertisement, 142; etymology, 360; discovery, 363; made in London, 365; medical use, 365; prepared from bones, 365; dose, 367; solubility, 368; symbol, ii, 309

Phthisis, Rhazes’s treatment, 106

Phylacteries, protect from evil, 161

Physicians, as priests, 35; Biblical references, 46; Pope on, 148; fees, 151; Valentine on, 227

Pigmentarii, 94

Pike’s itch ointment, ii, 165

Pil cocciæ, origin, ii, 292

Pil cochiæ, origin, ii, 152, ii, 292

Pil Rufi, origin, ii, 140

Pills, gilding introduced, 109; origin, ii, 292, ii, 297; silvering introduced, 109, 423

Pilula saponis composita, origin, ii, 153

Pilulæ Communes, ii, 140 Ethiopicæ, ii, 153 Lunares, 423 Pacificæ, ii, 154 Perpetuæ, 381 Pestilentiales, ii, 140

Piperine, synthetic, ii, 266

Pissaeleum, 328

Pitt’s “Crafts and Frauds of Physic Exposed,” 149

Plague remedy, 224