(From a man, and a woman). Effeminate men, and Hermaphrodites. See Gynanthropus.

Andromachi Theriaca. This medicine of Andromachus hath above sixty ingredients in it. It is needless to repeat the universal good ascribed to this composition by its author; or its high reputation in consequence of its being considered as an antidote to all poisons. See Alexipharmica.

So many drugs were crowded into one medicine, that a concurrence of similar ingredients might be more effectual; but, according to Pliny, it was only to make people more confident in their favour. An idea indeed seems to have prevailed in the middle ages, that numerous ingredients rendered a formula better adapted to a variety of diseases. From the number of poisonous plants sometimes used in such remedies, it seems to have been also an object to accustom the constitution to their effects, so that, at other times, they may be harmless.

The treacle of Andromachus is called Venice treacle, because great quantities of it were made there, and conveyed to other countries. It is now disused.