[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c4.s7.t2.8 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t2.8 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t2.8 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s7.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.8) A specimen of roasted orpiment supplied to me by an up-country physician was analized and found to contain but a small proportion of white arsenic. Bengali physicians do not prepare this drug from a superstitious notion that the man who roasts orpiment dies very soon. They purchase it from \*Fakirs\* or religious mendicants. It is said that some specimens of roasted orpiment are highly poisonous, and contain a large proportion of white arsenic. The quality of the drug would no doubt vary according to the method in which it is prepared. - [Previous: c4.s7.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.7) - [Next: c4.s7.t2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.9) - [Up: c4.s7.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s7.t2.8) · Pramāṇa