. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. die Ages encouraged this so-called "; For example the Antidularium Nkolai, written about A. D. 1100 at Salerno, described 38 ingredients in Confectio Adrianum, 35 ingredients in Confectio Ata- nasia, and 48 ingredients in Confectio Esdra. Thcriac or Mithridatum grew in complexity luuil hy the 16th century it had some 60 different ingredients. It was in this tradition of complex mixtures tliat most of the patent medicines may be placed. Richard Stoughton claimed 22 ingredients for his Elixir, and Robert Turlington, in h
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. die Ages encouraged this so-called "; For example the Antidularium Nkolai, written about A. D. 1100 at Salerno, described 38 ingredients in Confectio Adrianum, 35 ingredients in Confectio Ata- nasia, and 48 ingredients in Confectio Esdra. Thcriac or Mithridatum grew in complexity luuil hy the 16th century it had some 60 different ingredients. It was in this tradition of complex mixtures tliat most of the patent medicines may be placed. Richard Stoughton claimed 22 ingredients for his Elixir, and Robert Turlington, in his patent specification, named 27. Although other proprietors had shorter lists or were silent on the number of ingredients, a major part of their secrecy really lay in ha\ing complicated formulas. Even though rivals might detect the major active ingredients, the original proprietor could claim that only he knew all the elements in their proper proportions and the secret of their blending. Not only in complexity did the patent medicines resemble regular pharmaceutical compounds of the 18th century. In the nature of their composition thcv were blood brothers of preparations in the various pharmacopoeias and formularies. Indeed, there was much borro\\ing in both directions. An official for- mula of one year might blossom out the next in a fancy bottle bearing a proprietor's name. At the same time, the essential recipe of a patent medicine, deprived of its original cognomen and given a Latin name indicative of its composition or therapeutic na- ture, might suddenly appear in one of the official volumes. For example, the formula for Daffy's Elixir was adopted by the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis in 1721 under the title of "Elixir Salutis" and later by the Pharma- copoeia Edinhurghensis as "Tinctura sennae composita" (Compound Senna Tincture). Similarly the essential formula for Stoughton's Elixir was adopted by the Pharmacopoeia Edinhurghensis as early as 1762 under
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