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221&#93; E I. E itherto been ought iic- ■ I Thus, tl. and cation of sparks to any particular part of the body, muLr l!:,- conditions before state-. I, quaily safe, and advaritag On the contrary, the more violent methods of eie&rifyihg have so of- ten been attended with mi ■ ts, that they ought to be applied tot! ffi only, v. hose" capacity of receiving external im- ions is diminished, and whose fcxcltabUity is in a languid state. Deafness, paralysis, head, and tooth-achs,hoVever obstinate, have frequently yielded to the power- ful effects of electricity. Similar success has attended its application to parts affected ith the cramp, gouty and rheumatic pains, palsy, and sometimes even epilepsy ; be- sides which, moderate electric shocks have, in various instances, contributed to the resuscitation of persoris whose vital functions were destroyed by drowning : it ought, nevertheless, to be resorted to only in particular cases, and under the immediate inspection of a medical practitioner. For an account of the different medical apparatus employed, and the various modes of elc6trifying, we refer the curious reader to the late Mr. Adams's " Essays o?i Electricity cf^d Magnetism f (Svo. gs.) He will also rind much va- luable information in Dr. Priest- ley's " History of Electricity ," (4to. 1775, or 2 VOls. 8V0. ll. Is.) and in Mr. Cavallo's " Treatise i)7i Elect ririty" 3 vols. Svo. 18s. ' ELECTUARY, a form of me- micine, consrgtihg of powders, o'r K I. E m ■ ■ syrup: it i divld ;i as may require, ctuaries art composed prin-
 * the milder medicines,

which are more pleasing to the pa- . opiates, So. arc seldom adtni. n this form, on ac- count of the uncertainty of the 1 I IOCS,
 * ' ■'ul drugs-
 * n as electua-

nor is this form well calcu- lated for mercurial, and other pon- derers matters, which are apt to subside. The lighter powders require thric? their Weight of honey, or 1 boiled to the consistence of that drug, in order to convert t into an electuary. — If syrups of the common consistence be employed, double their weight to that of the powder will be sufficient. A very cheap and excellent substitute for either sugar or syrup in making electuaries, might be obtained by baking unripe pears in close ves- sels, with the addition of a little soft sugar, by which means a con- siderable portion of saccharine juice may be readily obtained. The quantity of an electuary, to be administered at one dose, varies according to its component parts ; but it seldom exceeds a large tea- spomful, or two drams. ELEPHANT, a well known 'animal, which is a native of India, and the southern Darts of Africa. It is the largest of all quadruped*, and generally about 16 feet in length from the front to the tail j 25 feet from the end of the trunk, and about 1 -1 feet high. It has no fore-teeth in either jaw ; but its dog-teeth are very -long, and afford tire beautiful ivory, wkich is con- verted