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Vegetable ethiops, 351 vitriol, 375

“Vegeto-Mineral Water,” Goulard’s 265

Venice treacle. See Theriaca

Venom antidotes, Arabian, 112; ii, 239

Venus uses dittany, 26

Veratrine, discovery, ii, 248

Vervain, 35; used by Saxons, 126

Verdigris ointment, 16; ii, 52

Vigo, John de, biography, 410; plaster, 411

Vinegar, Biblical references, 64, 65, 71

Vinum Millepedarum, ii, 11

Vipers, medicinal uses, 90; ii, 19; Charas on, 280; ii, 20; de Sévigné on, ii, 21; Quincy on, ii, 22; preparations, ii, 22

Vis Coriaria, ii, 246

Vitriol, early use, 372; kinds, 373; etymology, 373; medical uses, 373, 398; preparations, 374; symbols, ii, 309. See also Oil of Vitriol and Spirit of Vitriol

Vitriol of Mars, 373 Venus, 373; ii, 311

Vitriolated tartar, 371

Vitriolum Camphoratum, 374

Vocabulary, pharmaceutical, ii, 278

“Volatile gold,” 396

Vulnerarii, 92

Walnuts as remedy, 185

Want’s Tincture of Colchicum, ii, 186

Warburg, Dr. Carl, biography, ii, 206; poverty, ii, 207

Warburg’s Tincture, history, ii, 206; formula, ii, 207

Ward, Joshua, biography, ii, 208; portrait, ii, 209; recipes, ii, 211, 213

Ward’s paste, ii, 67

Warts, remedies, 169 transferring, 170, 172. See also Wort-cunning

Watercress, medical use, 125