Electuaries. These are chiefly mixtures of vegetable substances combined with syrup or honey, so as to be of a moderate consistence, neither liquid nor solid. The object of such preparations is to secure a vehicle by which medicines may be administered, so that their taste may be covered by the mixture with which they are combined.

5153. Aperient Electuary

5153.    Aperient Electuary. Cream of tartar, 1 ounce; milk of sulphur, 1 ounce; sub-borate of soda, 21/2 drachms; syrup of ginger, of sufficient quantity to give the required consistence. The dose is 1 or 2 tea-spoonfuls at bedtime. This will be found a mild and excellent laxative, and often is of great use in uterine obstructions.

5154. Lenitive Electuary

5154.    Lenitive Electuary. The mode of preparing this electuary is the following: Take of the best senna leaves reduced to a

FOMENTATIONS - ALTERATIVES - EMETICS. 461 fine powder, 4 ounces; pulp of prunes, 1 pound; pulp of cassia, 1/4 pound ; pulp of tamarinds, 3 ounces; molasses, 11/2 pints ; essential oil of caraway, 2 drachms. Boil the pulps with the molasses to the consistence of honey, add the senna, and when the mixture is nearly cold, add the oil of caraway, and, lastly, mix the compound thoroughly. This preparation is a mild aperient, suited to constipation from whatever cause. It is admirably suited to children and delicate persons. United with an equal quantity of flowers of sulphur, it is an admirable remedy for piles. Dose, from 1 to 3 tea-spoonfuls at bed-time.