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Lexicon of Therapeutic Agents

Lexicon of Therapeutic Agents¹

Acacia, ἄκανθα Αἰγυπτία, Acacia arabica. See gum
Acorn, Egyptian, βάλανος Αἰγυπτίη, Balanites aegyptiaca
Alexanders, ἱπποσέλινον, Smyrnium Olusatrum
Alkanet, ἄγχουσα, Anchusa tinctoria All-heal, πάνακες, Ferulago galbanifera All-heal juice, χαλβάνη
Almond, ἀμυγδάλη, fruit of the Prunus Amygdalus
Almond, oil of bitter, νέτωπον
Alum, στυπτηρίη, a white crystalline compound of aluminum and ammonium sulfate with marked astringent properties; Egyptian and Melian varieties are mentioned
Amomum, ἄμωμον, Amomum subulatum
Anemone, ἀνεμώνη, Anemone coronaria
Anise, ἄννησον, Pimpinella Anisum
Aristolochia, ἀριστολοχία, Aristolochia rotunda

¹In this lexicon, which is drawn mainly from secondary sources, the identifications range from possible to probable to certain. Besides the literature listed at Loeb Hippocrates vol. 6, 344, note 1, see also the notes and “Lexique des substances pharmaceutiques” (pp. 235–46) in F. Bourbon’s Budé edition of Nature of Women, and the literature cited there. On the special problems involved in identifying plant names in early medical literature, see e.g., O. Temkin, Soranus’ Gynecology, Baltimore, 1956, pp. xf.; C. Singer in his introduction to T. O. Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England, rev. ed., London, 1962, vol. 1, xl–xlv.

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