V
Valenciennes, naturalist, 282
Valency, theory, ii, 260
Valentine, Basil, 181, 224;
portrait, 225;
identity, 228;
works, 228
Valangin's solution, ii, 135
Van Helmont on weapon salve, 191;
biography, 257;
portrait, 258;
contracts itch, 258;
discovers carbonic acid, 259;
physiology, 260;
employs alum, 331
Van Swieten's solution, 421;
anæsthetic story, ii, 254
Vauquelin, biography, 271;
portrait, 272;
discovers narcotine, ii, 244;
discovers daphnine and nicotine, ii, 245
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
W
Walnuts as remedy, 185
Want's Tincture of Colchicum, ii, 186
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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
Weapon salve, See Sympathetic Ointment
Weights, ancient, 44, 59
signs for, ii, 300
Wellcome Research Laboratory (Khartoum), 162
Wells, H., uses nitrous oxide gas, ii, 249;
portrait, ii, 250
Whisky, early use, 329
White lead ointment, 288, 406
White vitriol, 373, 426
Whitworth doctors, ii, 215;
cures, ii, 216
Whooping-cough, transferring, 170
Wiener, Frank, ii, 121
Willis, Dr., portrait, 401
Willis's Preparation of Steel, 400, 401
Witches' powers, 171
Withering, Dr. W., biography, ii, 110;
on digitalis, ii, 110
Wohler's discovery, ii, 257;
portrait, ii, 258
"Wolf of Metals," 379
Wondreton, poisoner, ii, 227
Woodcock's Wind Pills, ii, 167
Wool-fat used by Dioscorides, 210
Words, origin of, 33
Worms, early remedy, 42, 43, 245
Wormwood, Biblical reference, 64
Wort-cunning, Saxon, 124
Wound Balsam, ii, 135
Writing, invention, 4
Z
Zebethum Occidentale, ii, 9
Zinc, early references, 426;
alloys, 426;
composition, 427;
preparations, 427;
symbol, ii, 309
oxide, synonyms, 427
sulphate. See White Vitriol
Zoroaster, inventor of medicine, 6, 157
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