=Confection of Jal'ap.= _Syn._ CONFEC'TIO JAL'APae, C. J. COMPOS'ITA, L.
_Prep._ (St. B. Hosp.) Jalap, 4 dr.; ginger, 1 dr.; bitartrate of potassa, 3 oz.; treacle, 5 oz.--_Dose_, 1 to 3 dr. as a purgative.
=Confection of Kermes.= (L. P. 1745.) Strained juice of kermes, 3 lbs.; rose water, 6 fl. oz.; white sugar, 1 lb.; oil cinnamon, 10 gr.
=Confection of Mer'cury.= _Syn._ CONFEC'TIO HYRAR'GYRI, C. MERCURIA'LIS, L. _Prep._ 1. Stronger mercurial ointment (Ph. L.), 1 part; conserve of roses, 3 parts.
2. (Dr D. Davis.) Mercury and manna, equal parts; treacle, q. s.; triturate until the globules of mercury disappear.
_Dose, &c._ The same as those of mercurial pill.
=Confection of Ni'tre.= _Syn._ CONFEC'TIO POTAS'Sae NITRA'TIS, L. _Prep._ 1. Nitre, 1 part; confection of roses, 6 parts; oil of juniper, a few drops.
2. (St. B. Hosp.) As the last, without the juniper. Both are used in gonorrha.
=Confection of O'pium.= _Syn._ CONFEC'TIO O'PII (B. P.), ELECTUA"RIUM O'PII (Ph. E.), L. _Prep._ 1. (B. P.) Compound powder of opium, 192 gr.; syrup, 1 oz.
2. (Ph. L.) Powdered opium, 6 dr.; long pepper, 1 oz.; ginger, 2 oz.; caraways, 3 oz.; tragacanth, 2 dr.; reduce to fine powder, and keep it in a closed vessel; for use, add to it by degrees hot syrup, 16 fl. oz.
(_i.e._ 3-1/2 dr. of the powder to each fl. oz. of syrup). It contains 1 gr. of opium in every 36 gr.
3. (Ph. E.) Aromatic powder, 6 oz.; senega, 3 oz.; opium, diffused in a little sherry, 1/2 oz.; syrup of ginger, 1 lb. Contains 1 gr. of opium in every 43 gr.
_Uses, &c._ This confection is intended as a substitute for the once celebrated Mithridate, philonium, and theriaca of the old Pharmacopias.
It is stimulant, anodyne, and narcotic.--_Dose_, 5 to 30 gr.; in flatulent colic and diarrha unaccompanied by fever.
=Confection of Or'ange Flowers.= _Syn._ CONFEC'TIO FLOR'UM AURAN'TII, L.
_Prep._ 1. Orange flowers, 1 part; white sugar, 2 parts; beat together to a confection.
2. (Tadei.) Orange flowers, 1 part; simple syrup, 3 parts; evaporate to a proper consistence. Both are used as agreeable adjuncts or vehicles for other medicines. The first is the best article.
=Confection of Or'ange Peel.= _Syn._ CONFECTION OF ORANGE, CONSERVE OF ORANGE PEEL; CONFEC'TIO AURAN'TII (Ph. L.), CONSER'VA AURAN"TII (Ph. E.), CONSER'VA AURANTIO"RUM (Ph. L. 1824), L. _Prep._ (Ph. L. and E.) External rind of the fresh orange, separated by rasping, 1 lb.; beat it in a stone mortar with a wooden pestle to a pulp, then add white sugar, 3 lbs.; and beat them together until incorporated.
_Uses, &c._ This confection is an agreeable tonic and stomachic; it is much used as an adjunct to bitter and purgative powders, and as a vehicle for the sesquioxide of iron.
=Confection of Pep'per.= _Syn._ CONFECTION OF BLACK PEPPER, CONSERVE OF B.
P.; WARD'S PASTE; CONFEC'TIO PIPERIS (B. P.), C. P. NI'GRI (Ph. D. & Ph.
L. 1836), ELECTUA"RIUM PIP'ERIS (Ph. E.), L. _Prep._ 1. (B. P.) Black pepper, in fine powder, 2 parts; caraway, in fine powder, 3 parts; clarified honey, 15 parts; triturate.--_Dose_, 60 to 120 gr.
2. (Ph. L.) Black pepper and elecampane, of each 1 lb.; fennel, 3 lbs.; white sugar, 2 lbs.; reduce to a very fine powder, and keep it in a covered vessel; for use, add it, gradually, to honey, 2 lbs.; and beat the whole to a paste (_i. e._, 2 oz. of honey to each 7 oz. of powder).
3. (Ph. E.) As the last, but using liquorice powder instead of elecampane, and at once making a confection.
4. (Ph. D.) Black pepper and liquorice root, of each 1/2 oz.; refined sugar, 1 oz.; oil of fennel, 1/2 fl. oz.; honey, 2 oz.; mix.--_Dose_, of each of the above, 1 to 3 dr., two or three times daily, for 3 or 4 months; in piles, fistula, &c., unaccompanied with inflammatory symptoms.
Or, it may be used as a suppository. It is intended as a substitute for the once celebrated nostrum, 'Ward's Paste for the Piles.'
=Confection of Pep'permint.= _Syn._ CONFECTIO MEN'THae PIPERI'Tae, L. Green peppermint, 4 oz.; white sugar, 12 oz. Anti-emetic and anti-flatulent; in colic, diarrha, &c.; in the form of a bolus, or made into a mixture.
=Confection of Res'in.= _Syn._ CONFECTIO RESIN'ae, L. _Prep._ (Dr Watson.) Powdered resin, 1 oz.; balsam of copaiba, 1/2 oz.; honey, 5 oz.--_Dose_, 1 to 3 dr.; in piles and gleet. It is best combined with a little confection of orange peel, which effectually covers the taste of the copaiba.
=Confection of Ro'ses.= _Syn._ CONFECTION OF RED ROSES; CONFEC'TIO RO'Sae (Ph. L. & D.), CONSER'VA RO'Sae (Ph. E.), CONFECTIO RO'Sae GAL'LICae (B. P.), CONSERVA R. G. (Ph. L. 1824), L. _Prep._ 1. (B. P.) Fresh red-rose petals, 1 lb.; white sugar, 3 lbs.; mix as confection of hips.
2. (Ph. E.) Fresh petals, 1 part; sugar, 2 parts.
3. (Ph. D.) _a._ Fresh petals, 3 oz.; sugar, 8 oz. Or--
_b._ Dried petals, 1 oz.; water, 2 fl. oz.; macerate for 2 hours; then add refined sugar, 8 oz.; and beat to a mass as before.
_Obs._ It is astringent and tonic, but is principally used as an elegant vehicle for more active medicines. It keeps well, and does not candy like confection of hips.--_Dose_, 1 to 2 drs., eaten off a spoon, either alone or combined with chalk; in slight cases of diarrha, vomiting in pregnancy, &c. See CONSERVE.
=Confection of Rue.= _Syn._ CONPECTIO RU'Tae (Ph. L.), L. _Prep._ (Ph. L.) Fresh rue (bruised), caraways, and laurel berries, of each 1-1/2 oz.; prepared sagapenum, 1/2 oz.; black pepper, 2 dr.; honey, 16 oz.; water, q.
s.; rub the dry ingredients to a flue powder, then add, gradually, the sagapenum, previously dissolved in the water and honey over a slow fire, and mix well. In the Ph. L. 1836 dried rue was ordered. Carminative and antispasmodic. In flatulent colic, and in the convulsions of children, when there is no inflammation.--_Dose_, 15 to 60 gr.; either by the mouth, or made into an enema with gruel.
=Confection of Scam'mony.= _Syn._ CONFEC'TIO SCAMMO'NII (B. P.), ELECTUA"RUM SCAMMO"NII (Ph. D.). _Prep._ (B. P.) Scammony, in fine powder, 24 parts; ginger, in fine powder, 12 parts; oil of caraway, 1 part; oil of cloves, 1/2 part; syrup, 24 parts; clarified honey, 12 parts; rub the powders with the syrup and the honey into a uniform mass, then add the oils and mix.--_Dose_, 10 gr. to 30 gr.; as a warm cathartic, and in worms, &c.
=Confection of Scurvy Grass.= (P. Codex.) Fresh leaves of scurvy grass, 1 oz.; sugar, 3 oz. Beat to a pulp and pass through a hair sieve.
=Confection of Sen'na.= _Syn._ LEN'ITIVE ELEC'TUARY, ELEC'TUARY OF SENNA; CONFEC'TIO SEN'Nae (Ph. L. & D.), ELECTUA"RIUM SEN'Nae (Ph. E.), L. _Prep._ 1. Senna, 8 oz.; corianders, 4 oz.; rub them together, and by a sieve separate 10 oz. of the mixed powder; also boil figs, 1 lb., and fresh liquorice, bruised, 3 oz., in water, 3 pints, until reduced to one half; press, strain, and evaporate the strained liquor in a water bath to 24 fl.
oz.; then add sugar, 2-1/2 lbs.; dissolve, and further add, prepared tamarinds, cassia, and prunes, of each 1/2 lb.; remove from the heat, and when the whole has considerably cooled, add the sifted powder, by degrees, and stir until the whole is thoroughly incorporated.
2. (Ph. E.) Senna, 8 oz.; corianders, 4 oz.; liquorice root, 3 oz.; figs and pulp of prunes, of each, 1 lb.; white sugar, 2-1/2 lbs.; water, 3-1/4 pints.
3. (Ph. D.) Senna leaves, in fine powder, 2 oz.; corianders (in fine powder), 1 oz.; oil of caraway, 1/2 dr.; mix, and add them to pulp of prunes, 5 oz.; pulp of tamarinds, 2 oz.; brown sugar, 8 oz.; water 2 fl.
oz.; previously brought to a smooth paste by the heat of a water bath.
4. (Ph. B.) Boil figs, 12 oz., and prunes, 6 oz., gently in distilled water, 24 oz., in a covered vessel for hours, then, having added more distilled water to make up the quantity to 24 fluid ounces, add tamarinds, 9 oz., and cassia pulp, 9 oz.; macerate for two hours, and press the pulp through a hair sieve, rejecting the seeds, &c. Dissolve refined sugar, 30 oz., and extract of liquorice, 3/4 oz., in the mixture with a gentle heat; and while it is still warm, add to it gradually senna in fine powder, 7 oz., and coriander in fine powder, 3 oz., and stir diligently until all the ingredients are thoroughly combined. The resulting confection should weigh 75 oz.
_Uses, &c._ Confection of senna is a gentle and pleasant purgative, and well adapted for persons suffering from piles, and as a laxative during pregnancy. The dose is 1 dr. to 1/2 oz., taken at bedtime or early in the morning.
_Obs._ There is no one pharmacopial preparation which it is more difficult to obtain of good quality than confection of senna. The absolute cost of an article prepared according to the directions of the Colleges is greater than the price at which many wholesale houses are vending the drug. Dr Paris very truly remarks, that "the directions of the Pharmacopia are very rarely followed." Considerable quantities are manufactured, into which unsound and spoilt apples enter as a principal ingredient; whilst the substitution of jalap for the whole, or a portion of the senna, is a very common practice. We have seen the following forms employed in the trade.
5. Powdered senna' pulp of tamarinds, cassia, and prunes, of each 1-1/2 lb.; powdered corianders, 3/4 lb.; Spanish juice, 1/2 lb.; simple syrup, 12 lbs.
6. As the above, but omitting the cassia pulp, and adding 2 lbs. more tamarind pulp. Both these articles are labelled "P. L." and sent out as genuine, and that when no competition as to price exists. The cheaper article is made as follows:--
7. Common prunes and tamarinds, of each 16 lbs.; treacle, 3/4 cwt.; species (a compound of senna dust and small senna, mixed with 3 lbs. of coriander seeds, and strengthened with jalap; all ground to a fine powder), 18-1/4 lbs. To this is frequently added, of rotten or inferior apples, 1/4 cwt., which are pulped with the prunes and tamarinds. This article is commonly labelled "CONF. SENNae VER." by its manufacturer.
=Confection of Sponge.= _Syn._ ELEC'TUARY OF BURNT SPONGE; CONFEC'TIO SPONGII, C. S. US'Tae, L. _Prep._ 1. Burnt sponge, 3 parts; confection of orange peel and hips, of each 1 part; simple syrup, q. s.
2. (St. B. Hosp.) Burnt sponge, made into a confection with syrup of orange peel. The first form produces the most agreeable confection.--_Dose_, of either, 1/2 dr. to 2 dr., twice or thrice daily; in scrofula, &c.
=Confection of Steel.= _Prep._ 1. CONFEC'TIO FER'RI SESQUIOX'IDI, L.--_a._ From confection of orange and sesquioxide of iron (Ph. L.), of each 2 oz.; white sugar, 3 oz.; syrup, 1-1/2 oz.; mix.--_Dose_, 1 dr. to 3 dr.
_b._ (St. B. Hosp.) Sesquioxide of iron, 1 oz.; treacle, q. s.--_Dose_, 1/2 dr. to 1 dr. Both are given in the usual cases wherein iron is indicated; especially in anaemia, chlorosis, and amenorrha.
2. (CONFEC'TIO FER'RI TARTARIZA'TI.--St B. Hosp.) Cream of tartar, 1-1/2 oz.; tartrate of iron, 2 dr.; ginger, 1 dr.; treacle, 2-1/2 oz., or q.
s.--_Dose_, 1 dr. to 2 dr., 2 or 3 times daily.
=Confection of Sul'phur.= _Syn._ BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE; CONFEC'TIO SULPHU'RIS, L. _Prep._ 1. Sublimed sulphur, 2 oz.; treacle, 4 oz.--_Dose._ A spoonful night and morning for a week or longer, as an alterative or purifier of the blood; in skin diseases, &c.