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Snake-venom antidotes, 112; immunity, ii, 239

Soap, Biblical reference, 70, 324

Soap liniment, origin of, ii, 150

Society of apothecaries. See Apothecaries’ Society

Soda tartarata, ii, 197

Sodium carbonate, Biblical reference, 70

Solar elixir, ii, 311

Solecism, derivation, 207

Solomon’s treatise on medicine, 49; magical secrets, 159 The Hebrew, 157

Soluble mercury, 418

“Solvent mineral,” ii, 135

Somnus, god of sleep, 17

“Sons of God” legend, 3

Sorbito, ii, 299

Sorcery, identified with pharmacy, 52; held in esteem, 160

Sparadrap, ii, 299 de Vigo, 411

Specificum purgans, 244, 371

Spermaceti, medical use, ii, 28; derivation, ii, 29; Shakespearian reference, ii, 74

Spicerers’ Guild, 139

Spiders, medical use, ii, 14

Spielman’s Vermifuge Electuary, 426

Spikenard, value, 73; Biblical reference, 73; ointment, 73, 74

Spirit of nitrous ether, origin, 349; early formulæ, 349 of salt, Valentine describes, 228; discovery, 263, 369; medical uses, 369; properties, 370 of tartar, 372 of vitriol, 373, 374 of wine. See Alcohol.

Spiritus Ætheris Co., origin, 348 Ætheris Nitrosi. See Spirit of Nitrous Ether Ammoniæ Succinatus, 338 Ammoniæ Aromaticus, 335, 337 Mundi, 361 Nitri Dulcis. See Spirit of Nitrous Ether Salis Marini Glauberi. See Spirit of Salt Volatilis Oleosus, 335, 337 Vini Ethereus. See Ether Vitrioli Antepilepticus Paracelsi, 347

Spilsbury’s Anti-scorbutic Drops, ii, 166

“Spot Ward,” ii, 213

Spruce Dr., obtains cinchona seeds, ii, 105

Squill called Eye of Typhon, 35; vinegar, 18