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Alexander Tralliamis, his just notions on the subject of medicinal comb;

nation, 64.Alexandrian library, the lamentable consequence of its destruction, 46.--------------------------, burnt by the Caliph Omar, the cotemporary and

companion of Blahomet, 46, (Note.)Alexipharmics, Alexiterials, Counterpoisons, or Antidotes, true meaning

of the terms, 129.Alkali, original signification of the term. 38.

--------, Volatile, discovered by Basil Valentine, 49.

Alkalies, distinction between the vegetable and mineral first established

by Avicenna, 48.-----------, fixed, formerly supposed to vary according to the plants from

which they were produced, 53.

-----------, their agency as diuretics considered, 96.

—, the great utility of in calculus, often independent of their che-

mical agency, 127.

Alkaline salts, how conveyed to the kidneys, 70.

Almond, the wild parent of the peach, 61.

Aloes, the chemical and medicinal influence of Alkalies upon, 177.

-------, their insolubility determines their specific action upon the intes-tines, 177.

Aloetic preparations well calculated to correct the consequences of Opi-um, 166.

Alterative medicines lose their efficacy by acting violently as evacuants,166.

Alternation of similar remedies recommended by Dr. Chapman, 153.

Alvine evacuation suspends the process of intestinal absorption, 97.

Alum, first used by Van Helmont in the cure of Uterine hemorrhage, 51 ;why advantageously combined with Nutmeg, 166.

Ambergris, the odour of increased by musk, 159, (Note.~)

Ambiguity of Nomenclature, a fertile source of error, 36.

Ammonia lends its volatility to certain bodies with which it is combined.169, (Note.)

dmmoniaco-mctgnesian phosphate, how formed in the urine, by the decom-position of that fluid, 126.

Amulets, the early origin of, 7 ; Galen's testimony respecting, 7.

Amulets of Arsenic used in the plague of London, 26 ; their use pro-hibited by the Emperor Caracalla by a public edict, 8.

Amylum, Starch ; derivation of the word, 38, (Note.)

Analogy, a powerful instrument in the hands of the medical philosopher,6 ; the numerous fallacies to which it is exposed, 6.

An Analytical inquiry into the more remarkable causes which have, indifferent ages and countries, operated in producing the revolutionsthat characterise the history of medicinal substances, 3.

Analysis of the objects of medicinal combination, 150.

Analysis of vegetables by the French academicians; its unsatisfactorynature, 52.

Anasarca, sometimes cured by diaphoretics, 104.

Ancient charms, frequently chaunted, 7.

Ancient empirics, reason why their labours proved so barren, 6.

Andes, a journey over them furnishes a good illustration of the effect ofheat and cold upon the animal body, 5.