Electuary, a medicine which is several thousands years old
Plouvier, L.
Bulletin - Cercle Benelux d'Histoire de la Pharmacie 1994(86): 7-21
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1370-7515 PMID: 11640805 Document Number: 6689
This article traces the long history of the electuary. The term is a combination of two Greek roots, echleigma (Lat. ecligma) and echleichton (Lat. electuarium). During the Middle Ages, the electuary formed the largest group of pharmaceutical antidota. Introducing the use of sugar, the Arabs developed new techniques for the fabrication of the electuary. After its great success throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the use of the electuary started to decline, having all but disappeared from modern pharmacy.
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