Note 354 — PHARMACOLOGIA.

Elixir of Vitriol. The preparation sold under this name is the Acid: Sulph: Aromat: E. and is imperfectly ætherial in its nature. It is a grateful medicine. A spurious article is often sold for it, which is nothing but the diluted acid, coloured by the addition of a tincture.

I will take this occasion to state, that the term Elixir is of Arabian origin, viz. Elechschir, or Elikscir, i. e. an Essence, or pure mass without any dregs.