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
Stacte, identity, 56, 63
Stahl's theory of the elements, 175;
portrait, 176
Starcraft, Saxon, 124
Starkey's Pills, origin, ii, 154
Stationarii, 118
Steer's opodeldoc, ii, 150
Stephens's Cure for stone, 319; ii, 199;
recipe, ii, 200
Sterling, derivation, 138
Stibium, See Antimony
Stimmi, 378
Stoughton's Cordial Elixir, ii, 162
Stramonium, history, ii, 119;
introduction, ii, 120
Structural formulæ, ii, 261
Strychnine, discovery, ii, 248
Strychnos manikon, 25
Sublimation dulce, 419
Suffumenta, ii, 299
Suffumigia, ii, 299
Substitution theory, ii, 259
Sugar, arabic derivation, 103;
a rarity, ii, 30
Sulphonal, preparation, ii, 272
Sulphur, symbol, ii, 309
Sulphuric acid, 373
Sun-stone, 361
Supplantalia, ii, 299
Suppositories, ii, 299
Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist, 285
Swediaur's pilula ferri, 351
Sweet spirit of nitre, See Spirit of Nitrous Ether
Sydenham, on iron, 399;
portrait, 400;
laudanum, ii, 143
Sylvius's Carminative Spirit, 337
salt, 336
Sympathetic egg, 190
ointment, 188, 189, 190; ii, 6
powder, 191
remedies, 187
Symbols, alchemical, ii, 304, ii, 308, ii, 309
Synthetic Remedies, ii, 256
Syphilis, book on, 224;
Valentine's reference, 229;
treatment, 243;
mercury as cure, 409;
origin, 413;
early treatment, 413;
guaiacum as cure, 414, ii, 112
Syrup, derivation, 103; ii, 299
T
Takkum gum, 53
Talbor's Tincture of Bark, 319
Talbor R., employs cinchona, 319; ii, 97
process, ii, 99
Talismans worn by Arabs, 163;
universality, 171.
See also Charms
Talmud, medicine in, 49
Tamarinds, introduction, 105, 218
