A book of some 140 compound medicines, set down at Salerno in the twelfth century under the name of one Nicolaus. It became the working formulary of the medieval apothecary, and cities made it the legal standard for their pharmacies.
4 Entries in the Materia Medica
The Thinking Press Club
Read What The Antidotarium Nicolai Says
Each passage in which the database cites The Antidotarium Nicolai, entry by entry.
For Club Members. Create a free account before January 1, 2027 and confirm your email: you become a Charter Member, and it is yours for good.
- Diatrion piperionA warming powder of the three peppers, with aniseed and ginger.
- Gallia moschataA named compound perfume of the apothecary, made into troches of aloeswood, ambergris, and
- Golden pillsPilulae aureae, a standard compound of aloes, scammony, and colocynth.
- Indian and Arabian pillsTwo named compound pills of the Arabic-Latin tradition: the Indian pills (from Mesue, afte
