ELIXIR

n. E-lisx'u6r. Ar., e., alexir. Lat., elixirium. e. Fr., elixir. Ger., E. It.,elisire. Sp., e. A compound tincture, spirit, or wine; in modern American pharmacy, a sweetened and aromatized alcoholic preparation or cordial often containing minute quantities of the medicinally active ingredients, which are added in the form of tincture or of fluid extract or as a solution in the case of the saline ingredients. [B, 81 (o, 21).] Acid e. of Dippel (or of Haller). See MIXTURA sulfuric a acid a. Aloee' (Ger.), Aloetisches E. (Ger.). See Tinctura ALOES etmyrrhce. Alterative e. See E. poTASS I I iodid i compos i tum. Antacid e. Fr., elixir anti-acide. A mixture of 64 parts of lime-water and 1 part of extract of qua ia. [Hamb. Ph., 1835 (B, 119).] Anthelminthic e. Fr., elixir ant helminth i que. An e. containing 125 parts of jalap, 15 of scammony, 8 of gamboge, and 1,000 of alcohol. [A, 518.] Antiscorbutic e. See E. scorbuticum amarum. Anti scrofulous e. of Peyrilhe. See Teinture de GENTIANE alcaline. Balsamic pectoral e. Fr., elixir balsam i que pectoral [Wiirt. Ph., 1798J. An e. made by digesting 3 parts each of balsam of Tolu, storax, benzoin, and myrrh, and 2 of Crocus sativus in 160 of alcohol, and filtering. [B, 119 (o, 21).] Bitter e. Ger., bitteres E. See E. amarum. Boerhaave's acid e. proprietatis. See E. proprietatis cum acido Boerhaavi. Brown-Sequard's e. A term applied contemptuously to " testicular juice " (a liquid obtained by crushing the testicles of freshly killed rabbits, etc., and filtering), recommended by C. E. Brown-Sequard as a rejuvenator when used subcutaneously. Carminative e. of Sylvius. Fr., esprit car min at if de Sylvius. A preparation made by macerating for 4 days 3 parts each of orange-peel, cloves, ginger, and galanga, 6 each of angelica-root, cinnamon, nutmeg, and laurel-leaves, 8 each of aniseed and the seeds of angelica and Levisticum of ficin ale, and 24 each of rue, rosemary, marjoram, and basil in 760 parts of 85-per-cent. alcohol, and distilling. [B, 92 (a, 14).] Cathartic e. A preparation made by mixing 240 grains of calcined magnesia, a sufficient quantity of acetic acid, 4 drachms each of fluid extract of Culver's root and of butternut-bark, 2 oz. of fluid extract of Alexandrian senna, 4 oz. each of alcohol and syrup, from 40 to 60 grains of citric acid, and sufficient water to make 1 pint. ["Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A ec.," xxxiii (a, 14).] dander's aperient e. See E. aperitivu-ni Clauderi. Compound cathartic e. (N. Y. and Brookl. Formul.). A preparation made by di olving 8 grains of podophyllum resin and 16 grains of leptandra resin in I fi. oz. of alcohol, adding the solution to a mixture of 2 fl. oz. each of fluid extract of senna and syrup and 4 fl. oz. of compound e. of taraxacum in which 2 oz. of tartrate of pota ium and sodium and 120 grains of sodium bicarbonate have been di olved, adding afterward enough e. of glycyrrhiza to make 16 fl. oz. ["Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxxiv (a, 14).] Compound laxative e. A preparation adopted by the commi ion for a national formulary; made by exhausting 500 grains of senna in coarse powder with sufficient boiling water to make 5 fl. oz. of infusion, adding 1 fl. oz. of alcohol, straining, and di olving 7 oz. of sugar in the mixture, adding 2 fl. oz. of aromatic spirit, ^ fl. oz. each of compound tincture of cardamom and fluid extract of licorice, 1 fl. oz. of extract of juglans, and 2 fl. oz. of fluid extract of Rhamnus purshianus, and finally water enough to make 16 fl. oz. ["Proc. or the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxxiv (a, 14).] Dalby's e. An e. patented in England, composed of 18 parts of tincture of opium, 10 of tincture of asatetida, 4 each of e ence of caraway, oil of peppermint, and calcined magnesia, 26 of tincture of castoreum, 30 of dilute alcohol, and 125 of syrup. [L, 41 (a, 21).] Drawitz's antiscorbutic e. See SPIRITUS antiscorbutic us Drawitzii. Einfaches E. (Ger.). See Elixir AURANTH. E. acidum Dippelii (seu Hallerij. See MIXTURA sulfuric a acid a. E. adjuvans [Nat. Form.]. A preparation made by mixing 2 oz. of sweet-orange peel, 1 oz. each of coriander and caraway. 4 oz. of wild-cherry bark, and 10 oz. of peeled Ru ian licorice, with a sufficient quantity each of alcohol and water, adding enough syrup to make 1 gallon. ["Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxxiv (o, 14).] E. ad long am vitam. See Tinctura ALOES composite. E. alex i pharma cum Huxhami. See Tinctura CINCHONA compos it a.'E. aloeticum. Ger., aloetisches E. See Tinctura ALOES et myrrhce. E. amarum [Ger. Ph.]. Fr., elixir amer. Ger., bitE, he; E2, ell; G, go; I, die; I", in; N, in; N2, tank; [s. 680]