Aurea Alexandrina
Aurea Alexandrina, in pharmacy, was a kind of opiate or antidote, in great fame among ancient writers. It is called Aurea from the gold which enters its composition, and Alexandrina as having been first invented by a physician named Nicolaus Myresus Alexandrinus.[1] It was reputed a good preservative against the colic and apoplexy[2]
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- ^ 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. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "History of Science and Technology - Collection - UWDC - UW-Madison Libraries".
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