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INDEX.

Ashes of a Witch, a superstitious remedy against Witchcraft, 26, (Note. t

Asia, East Indiaman, its crew, how cured of dropsy, 100.

Assafcetida, its specific controul over spasm, 80 ; the Virtues of vary ac-cording to station and soil, 58.

Assarum formerly confounded with the Baccharis, 39.

Assara-bacca, origin of the term, 39.

Astral influence, the supposed powers of, 10.

Astringents must be considered as relative agents, 85 ; definition of theterm, 84; a combination of with Tonics, frequently indicated in pas-sive hemorrhage, 169; they act through the sympathetic medium ofthe primae viae, 84 ; for what purpose they should be combined withnarcotics and absorbents, 169 ; when they should be conjoined withdiaphoretics, 169; Astringent poisons, 132.

Astringency, no chemical test exists for, 84.

Astruc, his practice of premising a course of Mercury with venesection,160, (Note.)

Athenian Poison, doubts respecting its nature, 37.

Attenuant medicines, how supposed to act, 23.

Avicenna, the first person who describes the process of distillation, 48.

Avicenna's alarm at the internal use of iron, 24.

Augustus restored to health by the cold bath, 31.

Azote, contained in alimentary substances, and supposed by Majendie togive origin to the Lithic aoid, 121.

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Bacon, Roger, the father of chemistry in England, 48.

Bacon, Lord, believed in the power of charms and amulets, 13 ; his opi-nion concerning mythological fables, 44.

Bagdat, its connection with India facilitated the introduction of orientalaromatics into medicine, 46.

Baker, Sir George, the remarks of respecting the combinations of Barkwith other medicines, 170.

Baldwin, Dr, found the wild parent of the potatoe plant at Monte Video,82, {Note.)

Bark, its virtues discovered by accident, but confirmed by reason, 8 ;the original meaning of the term, 38; its adulteration mentioned by Sy-denham, 62 ; its combination with Rhubarb recommended by Dr. Mead,170; its combination with Muriate of Ammonia recommended byBoerhaave, 170.

Bark and Steel, not equivalent tonics as some have considered, 155.

■------Peruvian, a new alkaline bodv detected in it, and called Cinchonia,

176.

Barry's extracts made in vacuo; his discovery of Phosphoric acid in avariety of cultivated vegetables, 122, (Note.)

Baryta, its modus operandi as a poison considered, 139.

Base, meaning of the epithet as applied to metals, 47.

Base of vegetable salts eliminated by the digestive process, 97.

Basil Valentine, the father of metallic medicine, 48.

" Basilica Medica," Calomel first mentioned in, 52.

Basis of a medicinal formula, its ohiect, 183: its efficacy increased by

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