ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ELATERIUM
From Latin, from Greek elatērion squirting cucumber, from elatērios purgative, from elaunein to drive.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELATERIUM»
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elaterium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The elements of materia medica and therapeutics
Soon after Dr. Clntterbuck's experiments on elaterium, Dr. Paris 1 analysed this
substance. In 1831, Mr. Hennell a published an analysis of it. In 1835, Landerer3
examined the juice of the fruit growing in Nauplia (Napoli). Futhermore, the active
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The Elements of materia medica and therapeutica. v.2
Soon after Dr. Clutterbuck's experiments on elaterium, Dr. Paris ' analysed this
substance. In 1831, Mr. Hennell2 published an analysis of it. In 1835, Landerer3
examined the juice of the fruit growing in Nauplia (Napoli). Futhermore, the active
...
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The London Medical Gazette
Mr. Hennell does not appear to have tried the effects of elaterine. The late Dr.
Duncan, of Edinburgh, ascertained that in doses of 1- 12th or l-16th of a grain it
had all the effects of a dose of elaterium. " A tenth of a grain," says Dr. Christison,
" as ...
ELATERIUM. Elateiuum Is a peculiar substance deposited by the juice of the fruit
of Ecualium elaterium, a. native of the south of Europe, growing in waste places.
Sex. Syst. Moncec. monad. Nat. Syst. Cu- curbitaccie. Griffith, Med. Bot. 305.
Robert Eglesfeld Griffith, 1866
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The dispensatory of the United States of America
while the remaining portion of the elaterium was inactive. The subsequent
experiments of Mr. Hennell, of London, aud Mr. Morries, of Edinburgh, which
were nearly simultaneous, demonstrated the existence of a crystallizable matter
in ...
George Bacon Wood, Franklin Bache, 1869
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The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions
IT.) 1, cum-warms or MEDICINAL PLAN-rs AT nr'rcmu, nears. 325 much pressure
exerted, for otherwise the elaterium is much deteriorated in quality, and as we
have had an opportunity of seeing the cucumbers after having been submitted to
...
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Pharmaceutical Journal;: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy and ...
much pressure exerted, for otherwise the elaterium is much deteriorated in
quality, and as we have had an opportunity of seeing the cucumbers after having
been submitted to pressure, we observed that they were but moderately crushed,
and ...
8
Flora Medica: Containing Coloured Delineations of the ...
We are told, that half a bushel of the fruit yielded only two drachms of the proper
extract, or Elaterium Album, and that forty cucumbers yielded no more than six
grains.' CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND QUALITIES OF ELATERIUM. The
sensible ...
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The American Dispensatory, Containing the Natural, Chemical, ...
most correct in simply calling it Elaterium, the name given to it by Dioscorides. " It
occurs in commerce in little thin cakes or broken pieces, bearing the impression
of the muslin upon which it has been dried; its colour is greenish, its taste bitter, ...
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Lectures on the Materia Medica Etc. Published from the ...
U Elaterium . . . incipit a trimatu . . . melius quo vetustius: fuitque jam si U ducentis
annis servatum, ut autor est Theophrastus. Et usque ad quinquaU gesimum
lucernarum lumina cxtinguit." Plin. l. 20. c. r. U Elaterium U similiter ut fcammonia
...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELATERIUM»
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elaterium is used in the context of the following news items.
Exploding cucumbers inspire drug delivery
Taking inspiration from exploding cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium), which release seeds at high velocity, Liang-Yin Chu from Sichuan ... «Chemistry World, Oct 11»
Killer Plant Sucks in Prey at Record Speed
... fruit of Impatiens, the forcible pollen sac attachment in Catasetum fimbriatum, and the squirting cucumber action of Ecballium elaterium. «Discovery News, Feb 11»
