PHIL-ONIUM

(Lat.), n. n. Fial-on'i2-u8m(u4m). A remedy made by Philo, a Greek physician, and mentioned by Galen. It contained opium and hyoscyamus and, variously modified, was long used in medicine. [B, 70, 76.] P. londinense. See Confectio OPII. P. romanum. See Electuarium HYOSCYAMI opiatum. [s. 255]