Chronicles of Pharmacy Vol. I

About this eBook

Author

Wootton, A. C., -1910

Title

Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Credits

Karin Spence, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RS: Medicine: Pharmacy and materia medica

Subject

Pharmacy -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65872

Release Date

July 19, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.CHRONICLES OF PHARMACY
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.PREFACE — PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS — ERRATA VOL. I
8. 8.MYTHS OF PHARMACY — THE INVENTORS OF MEDICINE — Hermes. — Bacchus, Ammon, and Zoroaster. — Apollo. — Æsculapius. — The Sons of Æsculapius. — The Daughters of Æsculapius — Prometheus. — Melampus. — Glaucus. — Chiron. — Achilles. — Aristes. — Medea. — Morpheus. — Pythagoras. — THE PATRON SAINTS OF PHARMACY. — FABLES OF PLANT MEDICINES. — Amaranth, Ambrosia, and Athanasia. — Myrrh. — Nepenthe. — Belladonna. — Centaury. — Mint. — Dittany. — MYTHICAL ANIMALS. — The Phœnix. — The Unicorn — The Dragon — THE SCIENCE OF MYTHOLOGY
9. 9.II PHARMACY IN THE TIME OF THE PHARAOHS
10. 10.III PHARMACY IN THE BIBLE — Medicines of the Jews. — The Apothecary — Pharmacy, Disgraceful. — DRUGS NAMED IN THE BIBLE. — Balm of Gilead — Incense. — Olive Oil. — Manna. — Bdellium. — Aloes Wood. — Myrrh. — Wormwood. — Hyssop. — Juniper. — Jonah’s Gourd. — The Wild Gourds — The Horse Leech — Nitre — Mustard Seeds — Vinegar. — Anethon. — Saffron — Pomegranates — The Poultice of Figs — Spikenard — Eastern Imagery
11. 11.IV THE PHARMACY OF HIPPOCRATES. — Hippocrates.
12. 12.V FROM HIPPOCRATES TO GALEN. — Pharmacy in the Roman Empire.
13. 13.VI ARAB PHARMACY.
14. 14.VII FROM THE ARABS TO THE EUROPEANS
15. 15.VIII PHARMACY IN GREAT BRITAIN. — British Pharmacy in Saxon England. — Cress , Watercress (Nasturtium officinale). — Maythe (Anthemis nobilis). — Poppy (Papaver somniferum). — A Professed Translation. — Various Leechdoms. — Helias to Alfred. — Early English Medical Practice. — The Early English Drug Trade. — Bucklersbury. — A Chemist’s Advertisement in the Seventeenth Century. — The English Apothecaries. — Incorporation of the Apothecaries. — Contest between the Physicians and Apothecaries. — The Apothecaries Win. — The Apothecaries and the Chemists and Druggists.
16. 16.IX MAGIC AND MEDICINE — Egyptian, Jewish, and Arabic Magic. — The Abracadabra Mystery. — Greek and Roman Magic. — English Folk-Lore Superstitions. — Transferring Diseases. — Witches’ Powers. — The Universal Tendency.
17. 17.X DOGMAS AND DELUSIONS. — Elements and Phlogiston. — Humours and Degrees. — The Rosicrucians. — The Doctrine of Signatures — Metals and Precious Stones. — Sympathetic Remedies. — Animal Magnetism. — The Treatment of Itch.
18. 18.XI MASTERS IN PHARMACY — Dioscorides. — Galen. — Oribasius. — Aetius. — Alexander of Tralles. — Mesuë and Serapion. — Nicolas Myrepsus. — Raymond Lully. — Frascator. — Basil Valentine. — Paracelsus: His Career. — His Character. — His Mysticism. — His Chemical and Pharmaceutical Innovations. — His Pharmacy. — Portraits of Paracelsus. — Nicholas Culpepper. — Turquet de Mayerne. — Van Helmont. — Glauber — Goulard. — Scheele. — A Pharmaceutical Pantheon.
19. 19.XII ROYAL AND NOBLE PHARMACISTS. — Classical Legends. — Mithridatium. — A Pharmaceutical Pope. — Henry VIII (of England) — Queen Elizabeth of England — The Queen of Hungary’s Water. — The Royal Touch.—The King’s Evil. — Cramp Rings. — The Earl of Warwick’s Powder. — Duke of Portland’s Gout Powder. — Sir Walter Raleigh’s Great Cordial. — Tar Water as a Panacea. — Kings Buy Secret Remedies. — Nouffer’s Tapeworm Cure. — Bestucheff’s Tincture and La Mothe’s Golden Drops.
20. 20.XIII CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHARMACY — Acids, Alkalies, and Salts. — Alcohol. — Alum. — Ammonia. — Spiritus Ammoniæ Aromaticus — Bromine. — Collodion. — Epsom Salts. — Ether. — Spirit of Nitrous Ether. — Ethiops. — Iodine — Lithium. — Magnesia. — Nitre — Petroleum. — Phosphorus. — The Hypophosphites. — Sal Prunella — Sal Gemmæ. — Spirit of Salt. — Tartar. — Vitriol.
21. 21.XIV MEDICINES FROM THE METALS — ANTIMONY. — The Etymology of Antimony. — Al-Kohol. — Alchemical Hopes of Antimony. — Antimonial Compounds. — Kermes Mineral. — Emetic Tartar. — Antimony Controversy. — Antimony Cups (Pocula Emetica) — BISMUTH. — GOLD. — Aurum Potabile. — Aurum Fulminans — IRON. — LEAD. — QUICKSILVER — Arabs used Mercury Medicinally. — Mercury prescribed internally. — Frictions and Fumigations. — Mercury a Remedy for Syphilis. — Vigo’s Plaster. — The First Mercurial Pills. — The Treatment of Syphilis. — Red Precipitate. — Other Mercurial Precipitates. — Calomel. — Quicksilver Girdles, — Basilic Powder — Corrosive Sublimate. — Cinnabar. — “Killing” Mercury. — SILVER. — TIN. — ZINC. — FOOTNOTES:

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