class="pginternal">31 (note.)

Beer how preserved by hops, 167.

Beguin describes Calomel under the name of Draco Mitigatus, in his “Tirocinium Chemicum,” 51.

Belladonna, its sympathetic influence upon the Iris, by contact with the cornea, 69.

Benediction bestowed on those who sneeze, the supposed origin of the, 109.

Berkley’s “Siris” happily ridiculed by Reeve, 27 (note).

Berries of Juniper, unless bruised, will not yield their virtues to any menstruum, 184.

Berthollet’s important law of affinity highly useful to the physician, 182.

Besnier expelled the faculty of medicine, for having administered Antimony, 51.

Bezoar, often administered in conjunction with active remedies, and has thus acquired unjust credit, 63;

• derivation of the term, 63 (note).

Bezoardics, a name given to a certain tribe of medicinal substances, 63 (note).

Bi-chloride of Mercury, the new name for corrosive sublimate, 40.

Bile, the, undergoes decomposition in certain states of disease, 112 (note).

Bischoff introduces Gelatin, as a remedy, into Germany, 56 (note).

Bitter extractive, its necessity as an alimentary stimulant in an inverse ratio with the nutritive power of the ingesta, 79;

• important use of to man, 79;
• passes through the alimentary canal without undergoing any change, 80;
• essential to the digestive powers of herbivorous quadrupeds, 79.

—— Principles, how supposed to enter the circulation, 68.

Bitterness in plants, what it indicates, 42.

——, Galen’s notion respecting the cause of, 21;

• does not exclusively reside in any peculiar principle, 79 (note).

“Black Drop,” an unscientific attempt to imitate it attended with explosion!, 181.

Black Wash, upon what its efficacy depends, 171.

Blackall, Dr. his important remarks on Diuretics, 150;

• his valuable work on dropsy, 96.

Blair, Dr. opinion of, concerning the botanical knowledge of the Ancients, 41 (note).

Blane, Sir Gilbert, his definition of the term “Sympathy,” 68 (note);

• his attempt to explain the sialogogue powers of Mercury, 108;
• his ingenious hypothesis respecting the foetid breath of salivated persons, 152, (note);
• his remarks on medicinal activity, 67.

“Blistering Point” of Dr. Rush, 110.

Blisters first proposed by Archigenes and AretÆus, 46.

Blisters, the primary and secondary effects of considered, 110;

• cure inflammation, through the influence of “contiguous sympathy,” 110.

Blood Stone, or Heliotrope, its supposed powers, 26.

Blood, viscidity of the, a supposed cause of disease, 22;

• the red globules of, formerly supposed to depend upon iron, 23.

—— of a Gladiator, an ancient remedy in Epilepsy, 16.

—— of the Goat, curious conceit respecting, 47 (note).

Blood-vessels divided, substances enter, 70.

Bodies undergo decompositions in the stomach, independent of their ordinary affinities, 55.

Boerhaave, a passage in, recommended to the attention of Professor Brande, 57;

• Boerhaave, Kaw, treatment of epileptics in the poor-house at Haerlem, 52 (note).
• Correcting the operation of a medicine, an object of scientific combination, 167.
• Horse-flesh, a remedy in epilepsy, 16.
• Horse the, when debilitated, is easily destroyed by Opium, 69 (note);
  • very easily affected by diuretics, and why, 95.
• Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis, experiments of Mr. Sinclair recorded in the, 79.
• Human flesh a remedy in epilepsy, 16.
• Humoral Asthma, the pathology of examined, 104.
• —— Pathology, its influence upon medical opinions, 74.
• Hunter, Dr. his remarks on the vital powers of the stomach, 56.
• Hutchison, Mr. Copland, his opinion concerning the comparative rarity of Calculus amongst seamen, 121.
• Huxham, the complexity of his prescriptions, 64.
• Hydragogues, Cholagogues, &c. opinion respecting, 90.
• —— modus operandi explained, 90.
• Hydromancy, its incidental utility, 15.
• Hydrophobia, the hairs of the rabid animal formerly supposed to be an antidote to, 26.
• Hypnotics, synonymous with Soporifics and Narcotics, 76.
• Hyoscyamus, gloomy aspect of, indicative of its poisonous qualities, 42.
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• Iatropa Manihot, its leaves esculent, its root poisonous, 42.
• Identity of bodies formerly considered different, established by Chemistry, 52.
• Idiosyncrasies, several remarkable instances of related, 188.
• Incantation, origin of the term, 7 (note).
• Inhalations, an important class of remedies, 202.
• Indian fig, when eaten renders the urine of a bloody colour, 68 (note).
• Indians, American, their expedient to retard the solution of tobacco, 176.
• Ink, its mouldiness prevented by cloves, 177 (note).
• Inoculation in India, Turkey, and Wales, first practised from a superstitious belief, 15.
• Insects destroyed by vegetable bitters, 188 (note).
• Intestinal absorption suspended by Catharsis, 90.
• Intervals between each dose of a medicine, how to be regulated, 188.
• Interesting report from Mr. Dubois, a Missionary in India, on the practice of vaccination, 15.
• Introduction, Historical, to the Pharmacologia, 3.
• Intoxicating tea of the Siberians, 59.
• Ipecacuan, why a dose of diminishes the force of the circulation, 69;
  • how it operates in arresting hemorrhage, 69.
• Ipecacuan, a new principle (Emeta) discovered in, 172;
  • introduced into practice by Helvetius under the patronage of Louis XIV, 28.
• Ireland, its population increased by the introduction of Potatoes, 30 (note).
• Iron, its virtues explained upon mechanical principles, 22;
  • rust of, a very ancient remedy, 8;
  • the sulphate of, its virtues first described by Basil Valentine, 49.
• Ischia, the celebrated baths in the island of, 59.
• Issues, 111.
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• Jalap, the purgative operation of increased by Ipecacuan, 153.
• James I, King, his counter-blaste to tobacco, 29.
• James, Dr. his fever powder of Italian origin, 32.
• Jerusalem Artichoke, origin of the term, 184.

Melampodium recommended as an emmenagogue by Dr. Mead, 91 (note).

Melampus of Argos administered rust of iron, 8.

Menyanthes Trifoliata, a cure for the rot in sheep, 80 (note).

Mercurial salivation known in the twelfth century, 49.

—— ointment, a true chemical compound, 170.

Mercury, the only constitutional sialogogue, 106;

• its operation as a sialogogue attempted to be explained, 107;
• supposed to act from its weight, 107;
• its power of entering the lacteals, 68;
• its efficacy increased by antimony and opium, 152;
• a case wherein its effects were suddenly developed by fear, 156;
• a powerful stimulant, 155 (note).

Merriman, Dr. an interesting case, in illustration of the influence of the mind upon the digestive organs, communicated by him to the author, 158.

Merry Andrews, their origin, 33 (note).

Metals, a query respecting their peculiar smell, 155 (note);

• why named after the planets, 12;
• all of them inert unless in a state of combination, 170.

Methodic Sect, founded by Themison, 22.

Miraculous gift attributed by Herodotus to the Priestesses of Helen, explained, 18.

Missletoe, Druidical superstitions respecting the, 11 (note).

Mistura Ferri composita, composition of, 55.

MisturÆ, Mixtures, general rules to be observed in selecting and prescribing this form of medicine, 199.

Mithridate, its history and composition, 27 (note).

Miner, after inanition, killed by stimulants, 6 (note).

Mineral waters, the virtues of discovered by Hydromancy, 15;

• sometimes prove diuretic, the reasons why, and how prevented, 95 (note).

Mineral Acids, first described by Avicenna, 48.

Milman, Sir Francis, his valuable remarks on the importance of diluents in dropsy, 175.

Milner, Dr. his synthetic proof of the composition of nitrous acid, 54 (note).

Mixture and Chemical Combination, an essential distinction between, 170.

Modus Operandi of Medicines, a new classification in illustration of the, 70.

Moisture and Dryness, its effects upon vegetable productions, 58.

Molasses, why sweeter than pure sugar, 154.

Molina, his observations on the potatoe, 80 (note).

Monardes, his belief in the efficacy of the Bezoar explained, 63.

Morley’s remedies for Scrofula, 17.

Morphia, a new principle developed from opium, 172.

Morton’s Pyretologia contains an account of Oliver Cromwell’s death, 24.

Mouldiness prevented by Perfumes, 177.

Mountain Ash, an object of Druidical veneration, 14.

Mulberry, contains two colouring principles, 44.

Muriatic Acid recommended by Glauber in sea scurvy, 33.

Murray, principles of arrangement adopted in his Apparatus Medicaminum, 41 (note).

Murray’s arrangement of the Materia Medica, 74.

Music, an ancient remedy, 7 (note).

Musk, of Arabian origin, 177 (note).

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Saline Cathartics, a mixture of, more efficacious than an equivalent dose of any single one, 173;

• increased in force by carbonic acid, 158;
• Salts, the proper stimuli of the urinary organs, 93 (note);
• Saline bodies into which vegetable acids enter, are decomposed in transitu, when taken internally, 94.

Saliva, its secretion influenced by passions of the mind, 158 (note).

Salivation by Mercury, why attended with a foetid breath, 152 (note);

• known in the twelfth century, 49.

Saltness, Galen’s notions respecting the cause of, 21.

Salts, Alkaline, when taken may be detected in the urine, 68.

Salt, Culinary, operates very differently in different quantities, 185.

Salts, certain of them pass into the circulation, and undergo decomposition in transitu, 94.

Sandy soil, strongly smelling plants become inodorous in a, 57.

Saracens, their treaty with the Greek Emperors, respecting the literary works of the ancients, 46 (note).

Scammonia Convolvulus, the root alone contains any virtue, 42.

Scepticism, mischievous tendency of, in physic, 21;

• definition of the word, 20.

Schroeder, his chemico-medical Pharmacopoeia, 96 (note).

Scribonius Largus, his writings afford ample evidence of the empirical spirit of those days, 20.

Sea Needle, the green bones of, not poisonous, 43.

Seamen, the extraordinary immunity of from calculous disorders, 121.

Season, the influence of upon medicinal plants, 57.

Secondary operation of a remedy, meaning of the term, 68.

—— Diuresis to be distinguished from the result of a primary action on the kidneys, 95 (note).

Sedatives, meaning of the term, 76.

Sedentary persons, their mistaken notions respecting diet and exercise, 159.

Sediments of health, meaning of the expression, according to Dr. Prout, 118.

Seeds, hot and cold, origin of the epithets, 22.

Seguin, the experiments of, relative to the astringent principle of vegetables, 153;

• his curious error respecting the tonic principle of Peruvian bark, 56.

Senna, why apt to gripe, 173;

• its composition changed by transplantation, 153;
• of Arabian origin, 46;
• undergoes a remarkable change by transplantation into the south of France, 153;
• its fruit and pods contain no bitter, 153.

Sennertus, his interesting history of surgical superstitions, 17 (note).

Septic poisons, species of enumerated, 128.

Setons, the modus operandi, 111.

Sheep die, if deprived of bitter food, 79.

Sialogogues, definition of, 106;

• comprehend two orders of medicines, 106.

Siberians, their remedies for rheumatism, 60.

Signatures, the doctrine of, 24.

Similarity, as applied to medicinal operation, conventional meaning of the term, 150—70—147 (note).

Simons, William, Esq. his laudable zeal in improving the pharmaceutic machinery at Apothecaries’ Hall, 52 (note).

Simple and living solids, Cullen’s distinction between the, 11 (note).

Tension of fibres, the necessity of the, 78.

Terms new, proposed by the author to explain the operation of certain native combinations, 159 (note).

ThaddÆus of Florence, not the inventor of Tinctures, 48.

Thaw after a hard frost, aggravates certain coughs, and why, 105.

Thebaic Tincture, derivation of the term, 9 (note).

Themison, the ill success of his practice recorded by Juvenal, 22 (note).

Theories false, mischievous influence of, 21.

Theriaca Andromachi, the great celebrity of, 27.

Theriaca, Heberden’s remarks upon, 28 (note).

Thessalus, the Roman empiric, described by Galen, 20.

Thirst, the irritation of, keeps up febrile action, 140.

Thoracic Duct, medicines enter into the circulation through its branches, 70.

Time of the day at which remedies are to be administered, forms a subject of interest, 187.

Tin, formerly called Plumbum Album, 48.

Tinctures invented by Arnoldus de Villa Nova, 48.

Tirocinium Chemicum, calomel described in, 51.

Toad roasted, its supposed powers in allaying the pains of the gout, 6;

• Receipt for baking it alive, 6 (note).

Tobacco, its nauseating operation explained, 85;

• romantic history of, 29;
• its essential oil acts very differently from the infusion of its leaves, 132 (note);
• its Signatures, 25.

Tonics, vegetable, their effects modified by alkalies, and other solvents, 174.

——, in what cases their combination with purgatives becomes eligible, 164;

• reasons for combining them with diffusible stimulants, 165;
• are absolute or relative in their operation, 78;
• they frequently require the aid of Diaphoretics to modify

their powers, 164;

• their operation in healthy and debilitated habits, 78;
• are vital agents, 78;
• definition of, 78.

—— Topical Refrigerants, 110.

Tormentil in pastures said to prevent the rot in sheep, 80 (note).

Tournefort, his mode of ascertaining medicinal properties in vegetables, 23.

Tortosa, his opinion respecting the solubility of Opium in the stomach questioned, 136 (note).

Transition from diffusible stimulants to tonics imperceptible, 81.

Treacle, its powers in preserving vegetable powders, 195.

Triple Salts, their formation often affords apparent exceptions to the usual law of affinity, 183.

Trochisci—Lozenges, observations respecting their modus operandi, 197.

Trumpet the, used by Asclepiades in the cure of Sciatica, 7 (note).

Tuberes of Pliny, Knight’s conjectures respecting, 61.

Turmeric, an ancient remedy for Jaundice, 25.

Turner, Culpepper, and Lovel, properly denominated the Astrological Herbalists, 13.

Turner, Mr. why he escaped from the dose of arsenic administered to him, in yeast dumplings, 195.

Turnips, yellow, contain little, or no bitter principle, 79.

Turpentine, oil of, acts on the kidneys only when given in small doses,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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