La Voisin, poisoner, ii, 236
Lac Virginis, ii, 136; ii, 292
Ladanum, Biblical reference, 64
Lana philosophica, 427
Lancaster Black Drop, ii, 145
Lang, Andrew on mythology, 33
Lapis Bezoar Occidentale, ii, 15
Infernalis, 424; ii. 292
Medicamentosus, ii, 292
Mirabilis, ii, 292
Laser. See Silphion
Laudanum, Paracelsus's, 243;
Shakespearian reference, ii, 75;
invention, ii, 142;
recipes, ii, 142;
etymology, ii, 143;
various kinds, ii, 144
Laugier, French chemist, 282
Laune, Gideon de, 144;
biography, 146;
pills, 147
Lavoisier, French chemist, 281
Lavoisier defines salts, 326
Le Febre's "great cordial," 312;
Baume de Vie, ii, 176
Lead, medical use, 406;
preparations, 406;
Goulard uses, 407;
symbol, ii, 307, ii, 310
Lead plaster. See Diachylon
Lead solution, discovery, 265
Lebonah, meaning of, 55
Ledger, C., obtains cinchona seeds, ii, 105;
annuity, ii, 107;
portrait, ii, 107
Leechdoms, Saxon, 124
Leeches, Biblical mention, 70;
first use of, ii, 139
Lemery, French pharmacist, 280;
works, 281;
Crocus Martis, 350;
tincture of gold, 395
Lemnian earth, ii, 53;
source, ii, 53;
uses, ii, 54
Lenitive electuary, origin, ii, 146
Lepidus marinus, poison, ii, 226, ii, 227
Leucomaines, discovery, ii, 242
Levingstern, Epsom apothecary, 341
Libanos, meaning, 55
Liebig, portrait, 283;
mistake of, 339
Lign-aloes, Biblical reference, 63
Lilium, Paracelsus's, 244
Limbeck, 328;
etymology, ii, 279
Lime water, efficacy, 356
Linamentum, ii, 290
Linimentum camphoræ compositæ, origin, ii, 210, ii, 214
Lion, medical, use, ii, 12
Liquor Bismuthi, introduction, 387
Cranii Humani, ii, 5
Lisbon Diet Drink, ii, 155
Lisle's Powder for Fevers, ii, 191
Litharge, 406
Lithargyrum Argenti, 406
Auri, 406
Lithium discovery, 353;
uses, 353
Liver complaint, ancient diagnosis, 39;
old remedy, 288
Lixivium, 324
Saponarium, 325
Tartari, 372
Lizards' blood, 39
Locatelli's balsam, 32; ii, 159
Locusta, poisoner, ii, 224
Lohn's writing board, 163
London Pharmacopœia, the first, 103, 133;
compiler, 146, 218, 256;
criticised, 290, 418;
formulæ, ii, 38, ii, 39, ii, 40, ii, 41;
how prepared, ii, 60;
contents, ii, 61;
title-page, ii, 63;
translation, ii, 67;
formulæ, ii, 146
Long, Dr., ether anæsthetist, ii, 249
Long, St. John, biography, ii, 192;
portrait, ii, 193;
income, ii, 194;
death, ii, 195
Long's Liniment, ii, 192, ii, 196
Looch, origin of word, ii, 292
Lozenges, ii, 299
Luban, meaning of, 56
Luce, Lille pharmacist, 339
Lully, Raymond, biography, 221;
portrait, 222;
on aqua vitæ, 329
Luminous pills, 365
Lunar caustic, ii, 311
Luna fixata, 428.
Lupus Metallorum, 379
Lydgate, note on, ii, 286
M
Maceration, ii, 292
Machaon, son of Æsculapius, 11
Macquer, French chemist, 277;
arsenical salt, 277
Madder, used by Saxons, 126
Magdaleo, meaning of, ii, 292
Magic and medicine, 2, 157
Magistery of Bismuth, ii, 293
of Human skull, ii, 6
meaning of, ii, 293
of Saturn, 407
Magma, ii, 293
Magnes Arsenicalis, ii, 293
Magnesia, medical use, 354;
preparation, 354;
etymology, 354;
confused with manganese, 355;
in mineral springs, 355;
Black, on, 356
of Gold, 355
