Part 83

Senna, introduction, 105, 218

Seplasia, 94

Seplasiarii, 94

Serapion of Alexandria (or The Elder), 109; epilepsy remedy, 166, 217 The Younger, 110

Serenus, Roman physician, 164

Sertürner discovers morphine, ii, 244

Serullas, French chemist, 282

“Seven metals,” ii, 304

Sévigné, Marquise de, portrait, 192

Shakespearian references, 20, 30; ii, 70

Sheba, Queen of, 54

Sheben, identity, 42

Shekel, ancient weight, 59

Signatures, doctrine of, 183

“Signet star of philosophy,” 225

Silphion, introduction, 16

Silver, medical uses, 422; symbol, ii, 306, 307, 310 nitrate, first use, 105, 423; made into sticks, 424

Simpson, J. G., uses anæsthetics, ii, 251; portrait, ii, 253

Sinapisms, ii, 298

Singleton’s eye ointment, ii, 126, 199

Skin, as a charm, 173

Skull oil, 247

Skulls, medical uses, 248; ii, 5, 6

Sleep promoting, 128, 138

Sloane, Sir Hans, edits P.L. 1721, ii, 65

Small-pox, first mention, 104; early treatment, 130, 169, 186; ii, 130

Smegma, ii, 298

Snails as remedy, ii, 11