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electuary
electuary (ɪˈlɛktjʊərɪ) Forms: 6 electuarye, -ie, (Sc. electuar), 8 electary, 4– electuary. See also lectuary. [ad. late L. ēlectuārium, ēlectārium (5th c.), perh. a corrupt derivative of the synonymous Gr. ἐκλεικτόν, f. ἐκλείχειν to lick out.] 1. A medicinal conserve or paste, consisting of a powde...
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Electuary
Types
Electuary have many different types. laxative electuary, joyful electuary etc. Famous electuary in medicine
Chyawanprash
Mithridate
Faroug
philosophers
Figra
Sootira
References
Avicenna (1999).
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Catholicon (electuary)
In pre-modern medicine, catholicon was a soft electuary, so called as being supposedly universal in its curative and prophylactic abilities (see panacea An example recipe for catholicon duplicatum follows:The Double Catholicon of Nicolai, or Compound Electuary of Rhubarb, prepared by simmering over a slow
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electuarious
† electuˈarious, a. Obs. rare. In 6 electuarius. [f. electuary + -ous.] Of the nature of an electuary; wholesome, beneficial.1562 W. Bullein Bk. Compounds 17 b, This oile is electuarius to the teeth.
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Andromachus (physician)
See also
Electuary
Mithridate
Faroug antidote
References
Sources
Vivian Nutton, (2004), Ancient Medicine, pages 177–8.
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lectuary
† ˈlectuary Obs. Also 3–5 letuarie, 4 latuarye, letuare, 4–5 let(e)wary, -ye, 4–6 letuary, 5 lect-, lett-, lytwary, letwerye, lettorye, letuarye, 6 lectuarie. [Aphetic form of electuary. Cf. OF. letuaire.] An electuary.a 1225 Ancr. R. 226 He haueð so monie bustes ful of his letuaries. c 1374 Chaucer...
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Diasebesten
modern Latin sebesten, Arab. sabastān, from Persian sepestān, possibly from Persian sag-pestān سگپستان, literally "dog's teats"), is a soft, purgative electuary
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Diascordium
, from Gr , [a preparation] of scordium, , "a strong-smelling plant mentioned by Dioscorides", possibly Teucrium scordium), or diascord, is a kind of electuary In 1654, Nicholas Culpeper wrote in his London Dispensatorie about the mixture: "It is a well composed Electuary, a something appropriate to the nature
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Catholicon
vocatur Catholicon)
Catholicon (trilingual dictionary), Breton–Latin–French dictionary written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc and printed in 1499
Catholicon (electuary
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hydragogic
hydragogic, a. (haɪdrəˈgɒdʒɪk) [f. Gr. ὑδραγωγ-ός hydragogue + -ic.] = hydragogue a.1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 179 The hydragogick Electuary. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 68 A purgative hydragogic property.
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William Cockburn (physician)
The result was reported to the admiralty board by Sir Clowdisley Shovell, who was directed to purchase a quantity of the electuary for the use of the Mediterranean Cockburn supplied the fleet with his electuary for 40 years.
The date of Cockburn's moving in London as a physician is not known exactly.
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diasenna
† diaˈsenna Pharm. Obs. Also 6–7 diasene. [medical L., f. dia-2 + senna. Also a. F. diasène, diasenne (Paré, 16th c.).] A purgative electuary of which senna formed the base; the confection of senna.1562 Turner Baths 10 Let the patient be purged with electuarye lenitiuo or diasene. 1621 Burton Anat. ...
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