title: [Oral and formulated pharmaceutical preparations before the invention of tablets].
abstract: Author gave an overview of the main types of the fed and formated medicines used in times before invention of lozenges. Six main types of these pharmaceutical products are to be defined here: 1. conserva 2. electuaria or confectiones 3. morsuli 4. rotulae or tabulae made with sugar 5. trochsci or pastillae and 6. terrae sigillatae. Author defines the single forms, tells their short history and also presents the ways they were produced and the tools and machines needed for their fabrication.
authors.affiliation: bartok.adrienn@chello.hu
authors.forename: Adrienn
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartók
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D004339:Drug Compounding / Q000266:history*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000266:history; D013607:Tablets / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D013607:Tablets