Aurea Alexandrina, in pharmacy, was a kind of opiate or

antidote An antidote is a substance that can counteract a form of poisoning. The term ultimately derives from the Greek term φάρμακον ἀντίδοτον ''(pharmakon) antidoton'', "(medicine) given as a remedy". Antidotes for anticoagulants are s ...

, in great fame among ancient writers. It is called ''Aurea'' from the gold which enters its composition, and ''Alexandrina'' as having been first invented by a physician named Nicolaus Myresus Alexandrinus. It was reputed a good preservative against the colic and

apoplexy Apoplexy () is rupture of an internal organ and the accompanying symptoms. The term formerly referred to what is now called a stroke. Nowadays, health care professionals do not use the term, but instead specify the anatomic location of the bleedi ...

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