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Hematite original: "Hamatites"; a reddish iron ore used as an astringent and to stop bleeding. The symbol "♂" refers to the planet Mars, associated with iron. 578. 1. ♂
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Salt original: "Hales" 591. 28
Brine original: "Halme"; a saltwater solution used for preservation and medicinal washing 725. 14
Sea foam original: "Halos achne"; used in ancient medicine for skin conditions 723. 10
Flower of salt original: "Halos anthos"; a scum that forms on salt pans, prized for its delicate texture 723. 4
Ivy original: "Hedera" 449. 15
Spearmint original: "Hediosmos"; literally "sweet-smelling" 419. 1
French honeysuckle original: "Hedisarum" ibid. 24
Flesh of cats original: "Helurorum caro" 681. 11
Hellebore original: "Helleborus"; a powerful and toxic plant used as a purgative for mental illness and physical ailments 412. 7
Daylily original: "Hemerocalles" 420. 2
Mule-fern original: "Hemionitis"; a fern believed to be sterile, like a mule ibib. 8
Groundsel original: "Herigeron" ibi. 12
Heraclean stone original: "Heraclea"; a name often given to the magnet or lodestone 587. 1
Herodotus's error regarding astringents original: "Herodoti error in adstringentibus"; a critique of the famous historian's medical understanding 52. 2
Sea holly original: "Heryngium" 420. 15
Sweat original: "Hidros" 649. 3
Seahorse original: "Hippocampus" 713. 17
Horse-fennel original: "Hippomarathrum" 424. 23.
Horsetail original: "Hippuris" 424. 5
Burnt leeches original: "Hirudines vste" 711. 13
Remedies from human parts original: "Hominis ex partibus medele"; the use of human-derived substances in medicine was a standard topic in early modern pharmacology 622. 25
Barley original: "Hordeum" 461. 6
Hyacinth original: "Hyacinthus" 541. 7

Hyena 717. 24
Truffle original: "Hydnon" 541. 17
Water-pepper original: "Hydropeperi" 541. 21
Quicksilver original: "Hydrargyros"; liquid mercury 614. 5
Henbane original: "Hyoscyamus"; a highly toxic and hallucinogenic plant of the nightshade family 541. 28
Hypecoum original: "Hypecoon"; a plant related to the poppy 542. 21
St. John's wort original: "Hypericum" 542. 11
Horse-tongue original: "Hypoglosson"; likely the plant Ruscus hypoglossum ibid. 25
Hyssop 545. 1
The eating of human flesh original: "Humanarum carnium esus" 627. 9
The humors within the vessels are exhausted by warm pourings (baths), but the fleshy part of the body as a whole then becomes wetter in itself 15. 8. and in the same place 20

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Green Jasper original: "Iaspis viridis" 581. 8
Root from Mount Ida original: "Idea radix"; likely the raspberry or a similar wild shrub 423. 8
Wolf's liver original: "Iecur lupinum" 693. 8
Liver of a rabid dog original: "Iecur canis rabidi"; often cited in ancient medicine as a cure for the dog's bite 692. 5
Goat's liver in the same place 15
Lizard's liver ibid. 14
We know fire is hot by sensation alone original: "Ignem scimus calidum solo sensu"; a philosophical point regarding empirical knowledge 48. 24