CONFECTION

n. Koan-feak's husn. Lat., confectio (from con, together, and facere, to make). Fr., c., conftt, confiture, cond it, dragee. Ger., Confect, Zuckermandel, Zuckererbse. It., confetto, confezione, saccaruro. Sp., confeccion. A preparation of soft, solid consistence, composed of one or more medicinal substances, made up with some saccharine excipient, sugar, honey, or syrup. See also CONSERVE and ELECTUARY, [a, 21.] Aromatic c. See CONFECTIO aromatic a. C. absorb ante et a rom at i que (Fr.). See Electuaire de SAFRAN compose. C. a rom at i que (Fr.). See CONFECTIO aromatic a. C. Hamech. See CONFECTIO Hamech. C. japonaise (Fr.). See CONDITUM catechucicum. C. of Arch i genes. See CONFECTIO Arch i gen is. C. of Damocrates. More properly written c. of Demo crates. An ingredient of Warburg's tincture, closely resembling a preparation known as the c. of Mithridates. It contains over forty ingredients, including a very small proportion of opium (1 to 240) and a number of aromatic preparations. ["Drug. Circ. and Chem. Gaz.,1' Feb., 1882, p. 17.] C. of Hamech. See CONFECTIO Hamech. C. of saunders. See Confectio de SANTAL IS. C. opiac^e. See Confectio OPII. C. universelle (Fr.). See Electuaire de RHUBARBE compose'. Cordial c. See CONFECTIO aromatic a. Kermesine c. See Confectio ALKERMES. Laxative c. See Confectio ANISI laxativa. Simple c. Of T. Haffenden, a c. composed of the pulps of tamarinds or prunes, with sugar, glycerin, etc., serving as a base for the extemporaneous preparation of c's from various medicinal substances. [" Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxiii (a, 21).] Sir Walter Raleigh's O, no; O, not; O", whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U. like oo in [s. 373]