Dropsy cured by touch, 299
Drug, etymology, ii, 287
Drug-inspection, 138; ii, 17
Drug-trade, development, 138
Drugs as charms, ii, 75;
in Ebers's papyrus, 40;
in Bible, 53;
mentioned by Hippocrates, 77
Dschondisabour, medical college at, 101, 103
Dublin Pharmacopœias, ii, 69
Dudaim, identity of, 20, 49
Duke of Portland's powder, 215, 309; ii, 125
Dumas, French chemist, 286;
theory of substitution, ii, 259
Dumeril, French physician, 276
Duncan and Flockhart's chloroform, ii, 253
Dutch Drops, origin of, ii, 176
Dysentery, ipecacuanha as remedy, ii, 114
E
Ear-ache, early remedies, 45, 130
Earl of Warwick's powder, 308, 383, 420
Earthworms as remedy, ii, 11, ii, 12
Eaton's styptick, ii, 163
Eau des Carmes, origin, ii, 178;
formula, ii, 179
Divine de Fernel, 414
de Luce, 338;
inventor, 339
de Lusse, 339
Medicinale d'Husson, ii, 67, ii, 182
de la Reine d'Hongrie, 297
Ebers' papyrus, 36;
described, 37;
photograph, 41;
date, 48
Ebn-Izak, translator of Greek works, 105
Ecclesiasticus, author, 47;
medical aphorisms, 47
Eclegma, ii, 288
Ecussons, ii, 288
Edinburgh Pharmacopœias, ii, 69
Edulcorate, ii, 288
Edward the Confessor treats scrofula, 299, 300
Elements, old theories, 174
Elemi ointment, origin, ii, 133
Egrea, daughter of Æsculapius, 11
Egypt, medicine in, 34, 46;
conquest, 98
Egyptiacum. See Ægyptiacum
Egyptian papyri, medical, 36
Electron, as poison test, ii, 231
Electrum, 40
Electuarium de Gemmis, ii, 35
Electuary, etymology, ii, 288
of Alexander of Tralles, 216
Elemi ointment, invention, ii, 133
Elixir of Alves, origin, ii, 57
etymology, ii, 288
of Garus, ii, 57
of Long Life, 390
Proprietatis, ii, 57
of vitriol, 375
Elizabeth, Queen, medical knowledge, 295
Emeralds, used in medicine, ii, 34
Emetic cups, 385
Emetic tartar, preparation, 380;
invention, 382;
uses, 383
Emetine, discovery of, ii, 248
Empedocles, theory of elements, 174
Empirics, old sect, 89;
leader of, 217
Emplastra, ii, 289
Emplastrum Commune, ii, 129
vigonium, 410
Empyreal gas, 269
Emulsion, etymology, ii, 289
Enchrista, ii, 289
Enema, ii, 290
Enoch, book of, 4
Ens, ii, 290
Epidaurus, temple of, 11
Epilepsy, remedies, 134, 166, 200, 214
charm, 247, 294, 307
Epithema, ii, 290
Epithemation, ii, 290
Epsom, medicinal springs, 340
salts, introduction, 340
Erfurt discovers aniline, ii, 263
Errhines, ii, 290
Erythræa Centaurium, 25
Erzalaum, 427
Essenes practise medicine, 50
Essential oils, prepared by Paracelsus, 246
Ether, early references, 347;
first made, 347;
investigated, 347;
old names, 348;
chemical nature, 348;
as anæsthetic, ii, 249;
preparation, ii, 271
Ethiops Antimoniale, 351
gommeux, 350
magnesium, 350
Martial, 350, 398; ii, 311
Mineral, 350
origin of, 350
saccharine, 350
Ethiopic pills, 351
Everlasting pills, 381
Excreta, used in medicine, 40; ii, 5, ii, 7, ii, 8, ii, 9
