[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v1.c21.7 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c21.7 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c21.7 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c21.7) The Bhāvaprakāsa written about 1500 A. D. prescribes calomel in the treatment of \*Phirangaroga\* (lit. the disease of the Portuguese i. e. syphilis) and gives the following recipe: "Take of purified mercury, \*gairika\* (red-ochre), brick-dust, chalk, alum, rock-salt, earth from ant-hill, \*kshāri lavana\* (impure sulphate of soda) and \*bhāndaranjika\* or red earth used in colouring pots in equal parts, rub together and strain through cloth. Place the mix- - [Previous: v1.c21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c21.6) - [Next: v1.c21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c21.8) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c21) ## Cites (1) - [Bhāvaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.laghutrayi.bhavaprakasa) — Bhāvamiśra 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c21.7) · Pramāṇa