The Art of Compounding; A Text Book for Students and a Reference Book for Pharmacists at the Prescription Counter  (English, Paperback, Wilbur Lincoln Scoville)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER VI. CONFECTIONS, ELECTUARIES, JELLIES. Confection (Lat. Confectio-onis), a paste enough saccharine matter to act as a or mass composed of medicinal agents preservative. with saccharine and flavoring matter, Electuary (Lat. Electuarium-ii), a con- intended to be eaten, or dissolved in fection containing dried medicinal the mouth. Small lumps, of a size agents. approximating some familiar object, Jelly (Lat. Gelatinum-i), a glutinous trans- are directed to be taken at a time. lucent substance, intermediate between They are dispensed in jars, wide- a liquid and a solid, intended (a) mouthed bottles or impervious boxes. either to be swallowed from a spoon Conserves (Lat. Conscrva-ie), a confection or (b) for external application. The containing only fresk (undried) medi- latter are often opaque. (See under cinal agents. These must contain plasmas.) Confections. — This term now includes both the true conserves and the electuaries, the latter terms being used rarely. These preparations are less frequently demanded than formerly, having been displaced by lozenges. A class of preparations called "pastes" were also in use, which differed from the confections in containing gum, and in being of a firmer consistence, more like the pastilles or tabella of the present. Jujube paste was made by dissolving 3 ounces of acacia in 4 fluid- ounces of water, adding 3 fluidounces of syrup, evaporating to a very thick consistence and adding toward the last i fluidounce of orange flower water. The warm mass was then run into shallow pans to cool and stiffen, medicinal agents, flavoring, coloring, etc., being added while still fluid. This is cut into sheets or squares and forms the so-called "jujubes" of pharmacy. They are still somewhat in demand in France. ...