We know what Heaven or Hell may bring,
But no man knoweth the mind of a King.
RUDYARD KIPLING--“Ballad of the King’s Jest.”
In the “Myths of Pharmacy” it has been shown that some of the most
honoured of the deities of the ancient world interested themselves in
pharmacy. To a greater or less extent many important personages in
the world’s history since have occupied some of their leisure in the
endeavour to extract or compound some new and effective remedies.