Confectio Rutae. Lond. Dub. Confection of Rue

"Take of dried rue, carraway, laurel berries, of each, an ounce and a half; sagapenum, half an ounce; black pepper, two drachms; honey, sixteen ounces. Rub the dry articles together to a very fine powder, and preserve them. Then whenever the confection is to be used, add the honey, and mix the whole together."

This electuary possesses antispasmodic virtues. It is used in the form of enema only : from Эj. to 3 j., dissolved in O ss.. of gruel, being administered in the convulsive affections of infants, and in flatulent colic.

Confectio Scammonii. Lond. Confection of Scammony

1 Electuarium caryocostinum, P. L. 1720. Electuarium e scammonio, P. L. 1745. Electuarium scammonii, P. L. 1787.

"Take of scammony, powdered, an ounce and a half; bruised cloves, ginger, powdered, of each, six drachms; oil of carraway, half a fluid drachm; syrup of roses, a sufficient quantity. Rub the dry substances into a very fine powder, and preserve them; then whenever the confection is to be used add gradually the syrup, and rub again; lastly, after adding the oil of carraway, mix the whole together."

Electuarium Scammonii, Dub. Electuary of Scammony.

"Take of scammony in powder, one ounce and a half; cloves, bruised, ginger root, in powder, of each six drachms ,• oil of carraway, half a drachm; syrup of roses, a sufficient quantity. Mix the powder with the syrup; then add the oil of carraway, and mix the whole."

This is a stimulating cathartic; a drachm contains about twenty grains of scammony. It may be given in a dose of from grs. x. to 3ss. but it is seldom ordered.

Confectio Sennae. Lond. Confection of Senna

"Take of senna, eight ounces; figs, a pound; tamarind pulp, cassia pulp, the pulp of prunes, of each half a pound; coriander seeds, four ounces; liquorice, three ounces; sugar, two pounds and a half; water, three pints. Rub the senna with the coriander, and separate by sifting ten ounces of the mixed powder. Boil the water with the figs and liquorice added, until it be reduced one half; then press out and strain the liquor. Evaporate the strained liquor in a water bath, until twenty-four fluid ounces remain; then, the sugar being added, make a syrup. Finally, mix gradually the pulps with the syrup; and, having added the sifted powder, mix the whole together."

Electuarium Sennae Compositum, Edin. Compound Electuary of Senna.

"Take of senna leaves, eight ounces; coriander seeds, four ounces; liquorice root, bruised, three ounces; figs, pulp of prunes, of each a pound; pulp of tamarinds, half a pound; refined sugar, two pounds and a half; water, four pounds. Rub the senna with the coriander, and separate by sifting ten ounces of the mixed powder. Boil the residue with the figs and liquorice root in the water, down to one half; then express and strain. Evaporate the strained liquor to about a pound and a half. Add the sugar, and gradually the pulps; and, lastly, mix in the powder."

Electuarium Sennae, Dub. Electuary of Senna.

"Take of senna leaves in very fine powder, four ounces; pulp of prunes, a pound; pulp of tamarinds, two ounces;

1 Electuarium lenitivum, P. I,. 1720. Electuarium sennas, P. L. 1787.

molasses, one pint and a half; essential oil of carraway, two drachms. Boil the pulps with the syrup, to the thickness of honey; then add the powder, and when the mixture is nearly cold, the oil; finally, mix the whole thoroughly together."

Any of these electuaries, when properly prepared, is a mild and pleasant purgative, and well adapted for those who are afflicted with habitual costiveness; and for pregnant women. They are similar to the old lenitive electuary. The dose is from 3ij. to giv. or more, taken at bed-time.