Chemistry:Aurea Alexandrina

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Aurea Alexandrina was an ancient opiate. It is called Aurea from the gold which enters its composition, and Alexandrina for the physician Nicolaus Myresus Alexandrinus, who invented it.[1] It was considered to be a good preservative against colic and apoplexy.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Duffin, C.J.; Moody, R.T.J.; Gardner-Thorpe, C. (10 December 2013). A History of Geology and Medicine. Geological Society of London. p. 176. ISBN 9781862393561. https://books.google.com/books?id=hGpIAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Aurea+Alexandrina%22&pg=PA176. Retrieved 19 August 2017. 
  2. ↑ "History of Science and Technology - Collection - UWDC - UW-Madison Libraries". http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&entity=HistSciTech000900240219&isize=L. 



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