it is useful for weak eyes.

485. Confections and Electuaries.

486. Purpose.

_Confections_ are used as vehicles for the administration of more
active medicines, and _Electuaries_ are made for the purpose of
rendering some remedies palatable. Both should be kept in closely
covered jars.

487. Almond Confection.

Remove the outer coat from an ounce of sweet almonds, and beat them
well in a mortar with one drachm of powdered gum arabic, and half an
ounce of white sugar.

_Use_ to make a demulcent mixture known as "almond emulsion."

488. Alum Confection.

Mix two scruples of powdered alum with four scruples of treacle.

_Dose_, half a drachm.

_Use_ as astringent in sore throat, relaxed uvula, and ulcerations of
mouth.

489. Orange Confection.

Take one ounce of the freshly rasped rind of orange, and mix it with
three ounces of white sugar, and beat together till perfectly
incorporated.

_Dose_, from one drachm to one ounce.

_Use_ as a gentle stomachic and tonic, and as a vehicle for
administering tonic powders.

490. Black Pepper Confection.

Take of black pepper and elecampane root, each one ounce; fennel
seeds, three ounces; honey and sugar, of each two ounces. Rub the dry
ingredient to a fine powder, and when the confection is wanted, add
the honey, and mix well.

_Dose_, from one to two drachms.

_Use_ in haemorrhoids, or piles.

[BETTER PAY THE COOK THAN THE DOCTOR.]

491. Cowhage.

Mix in treacle as much of the fine hairs or spiculae of cowhage as the
treacle will take up.

_Dose_, a teaspoonful every morning and evening.

_Use_ as an anthelmintic.

492. Senna Confection. No. 1.

Take of senna, powdered, four ounces; figs, half a pound, viassia
pulp, tamarind pulp, and the pulp of prunes, each four ounces;
coriander seeds, powdered, two ounces; liquorice root, one ounce and a
half; sugar, one pound and a quarter; water, one pint and a half. Rub
the senna with the coriander, and separate, by sifting, five ounces of
the mixture. Boil the water, with the figs and liquorice added, until
it is reduced to one half; then press out and strain the liquor.
Evaporate the strained liquor in a jar by boiling until twelve fluid
ounces remain; then add the sugar, and make a syrup. Now mix the pulps
with the syrup, add the sifted powder, and mix well.

_Use_ as a purg