Part 82

Salol, discovery, ii, 274

Salsa, ii, 119

Salt, etymology of, 325 of the Holy Apostles, 220 of many virtues, 369 of Mars, 398 of St. Luke, 220 of tartar, 326, 371, 372 of wisdom, 417; ii, 279 of wormwood, 326. See also Sal and Sel

Saltpetre, See nitre

Salpêtrière Asylum, why so-called, 359

“Sardonic grin,” origin of expression, ii, 226

Sarsaparilla, introduction, ii, 118; medical use, ii, 118; etymology, ii, 119; decoctions, ii, 154

Savory’s Seidlitz Powders, ii, 156; ii, 167

Saxifrage as remedy, 184

Saxon pharmacy, 124

Scammony powder, 308

Schacht’s liquor bismuthi, 387

Scheele, biography, 266; statue, 267; investigations, 268; pharmacy, 269; medallion, 276

Schönbein discovers pyroxylin, 340

Schwalbach mineral springs, 403

Schwanberg’s fever powder, ii, 191

Scorpion grass, 184

Scrofula, etymology, 299; cramprings for, 303; burnt sponge for, 353. See also King’s Evil

Scruple sign, origin, ii, 300

Scutum, ii, 298

Sea-sickness, early remedy, 126

Seba, naturalist, 278

Seed of gold, 389

Seguin discovers morphine, ii, 244

Seidlitz powders, origin, ii, 156; patent, ii, 167

Seignette’s salt, 372; ii, 197

Sel de Duobus, 371; ii, 198 Essentiel de quinquina, ii, 246 Narcotique de Derosne, ii, 244 de Seignette, 372; ii, 197

Seneca oil, 359