Show ivory ivory was used as a medicine up to the end of the eighteenth century in Sch zoology 1059 translated into english by T bateson it Is thus described under the heading his teeth are only used in medicine vulgarly called ivory the virtues it cools and dryes moderately binds cuts strengthens be inward parts it Is good for the jaundice it chareth cha seth away it is good for inveterate obstructions it takes away the pains and weakness of the stomach it heals the drives away melancholy resists rottenness and it is used in infusions and the powder is given in substance the dose is half a drain preparation 1 burnt ivory called Sp and to distinguish it from the mineral adlum of gyory il troches of ivory ground fine and made into a sort of jelly has been used as a strengthening food in more recent times by medical advice |