Electuary of Tur′pentine. Syn. Electuarium terebinthinæ, L. Prep. 1. (St. B. Hosp.) Common turpentine, 1 oz.; honey, 2 oz.—Dose, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls; in complaints of the urinary organs, worms, &c.
2. (Radius.) Turpentine, soap, and rhubarb, of each, 1 dr.; syrup of wormwood, q. s.—Dose. Three teaspoonfuls a day; in dropsy, worms, &c.
3. (E. Olei Terebinthinæ,—Copland.) As confection of turpentine,—Ph. D. See Confection.
Electuary, Ver′mifuge. Syn. Electuarium anthelminticum, E. vermifugum, L. Prep. 1. (Bresmer.) Worm-seed and tansy-seed, of each 4 dr.; powdered valerian root, 2 dr.; jalap and sulphate of potassa, of each 11⁄2 to 1⁄2 dr.; oxymel of quills, q. s. to mix.—Dose. A teaspoonful, or more; repeated night and morning, followed by a brisk purge.
2. (Rosenstein.) Worm-seed, 10 gr.; sulphate
of iron, 4 gr.; jalap and honey, of each 20 gr. For two doses, as the last. 2 or 3 dr. of confection of senna are often substituted for the jalap and honey.
3. (Foy.) Aloes, 1⁄2 oz.; common salt, 3 dr.; flour, 2 oz.; honey q. s. to form a stiff paste. Used as a suppository in ascarides.
4. Flowers of sulphur, 4 oz.; powdered jalap, 1 oz,; powdered bark, 1 oz.; syrup of buckthorn q. s.—Dose. Two or three teaspoonfuls, every morning early. See Confection and Electuary of Tin, Turpentine, Worm-seed, &c.
Electuary for Worms. See Electuary Vermifuge (above).
EL′EMENTS. Syn. Elementary bodies, Simple b.; Elementa, L. In chemistry, those substances or bodies which have hitherto resisted every attempt which has been made to decompose them, or to resolve them into simpler forms of matter. Earth, air, fire, and water, were regarded by the ancients as simple bodies, of which all others are composed, and they still constitute the ‘four elements’ of the vulgar. The imaginary principles or elements of the alchemists were termed salt, sulphur, and mercury. About sixty-four different kinds of matter are at present recognised as elementary bodies. They are substances having the most diverse characters. The great majority exist in the solid state; bromide and mercury are liquid; while oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and chlorine, are gaseous. About four fifths of the elements are metallic, as instanced by gold, silver, copper, iron, &c.; the remainder are non-metallic, as instanced by carbon, sulphur, phosphorus, &c. A list of the known elements is given under the head of Atomic Weights (which see).