Hydrochloric acid. See Spirit of salt
Hydrocyanic acid. See Prussic acid
Hydrophobia, poem on, 224
Hygeia, daughter of Æsculapius, 11
Hyoscyamus, etymology, ii, 276.
See also Henbane
Hypnotic Powder of Jacobi, 350
Hypophosphites, medical use, 367
Hyssop, Biblical reference, 64;
Dioscorides on, 209
I
Icy Noctiluca, 365
Incense, 38, 50;
etymology, 55;
Biblical formula, 55, 57;
Catholic formula, 58
Infant's skin as a charm, 173
Infusions, introduction of, ii, 290
Infusum Gentianæ Co., origin, ii, 291
Insane root, 21;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 72
Iodine discovery, 351
Iodoform, first prepared, 353
Ipecacuanha, history, ii, 114;
medical use, ii, 114;
dose, ii, 115
Iron citrate, introduction, 405
iodide, 405
perchloride as secret remedy, 322
phosphate, 405
reduced by hydrogen, 404
Iron, as remedy, 12, 187, 217, 397;
varieties, 398;
in the blood, 398;
Sydenham and Willis on, 399;
pharmaceutical preparations, 402, 403, 404, 405;
symbol, ii, 307; ii, 310
sulphate, medical use, 108
syrups, various, 405
tincture, 404
Isis founder of medicine, 2, 34;
invocation to, 38
tears, name for Vervain, 35.
Isotheos, ancient nostrum, 215
Israelite medicine, 46
Itch, treatment, 130, 201
history, 202
theories, 203
cause, 204
van Helmont contracts, 258, 420
Ivy, called Osiris, 35
J
Jacobi's powder, 350
Jamblicus, writings of, 5
James Dr., portrait, ii, 187
James's analeptic pills, ii, 165; ii, 189
James's powder, first official, ii, 67;
patent, ii, 164;
origin, ii, 187; ii, 191;
patent, ii, 188;
imitations, ii, 190
Jaso, daughter of Æsculapius, 11
Jesuits' bark, ii, 97.
See also Cinchona drops, ii, 135
Jews, belief in charms, 160;
medicines of, 48;
object to bitter flavours, 48, 64
John of Gaddesden, 134;
small-pox cure, 169, 186
John xxi, medical author, 294
Johnson, Dr., touched for scrofula, 301
Johnson's Golden Ointment, ii, 199
Jonah's gourd, 66
Julep, etymology, 103; ii, 291
Juniper, Biblical reference, 65
Jussieu, French botanist, 284
K
Kadolikoi, 95
Kakhal, 327
Katapotia, 86; ii, 283, ii, 291
Kekulé's structural formulas, ii, 261;
portrait, ii, 262
Kermes, etymology, ii, 50;
what it is, ii, 50;
uses, ii, 51
Mineral, invention, 381;
medicinal uses, 381
Kesebt, identity of, 42
Ketorah, meaning of, 55
Kik, Gerard's reference, 67
Kiki, ii, 90
King's Evil, cured by touch, 298;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 72.
See also Scrofula
Kohol, 378
Kopopoloi, 95
Koran as Arab literature, 98
Kousso, introduction, ii, 115;
tapeworm, remedy, ii, 115
Krabadin, earliest pharmacopœia, 103
Kunckel's, portrait, 362;
Bologna stone, 363;
luminous pills, 365
Kurella, Dr., note on, ii, 148
Kyanol, ii, 263
Kyphi, sacred perfume, 45
L
La Mère Thecle's ointment, 407
La Mothe's Golden Drops, 321, 404
