Morselle
The outdated term Morselle , also Morsulus , more commonly used: plural form Morsuli ( Latin morsus - bite) denotes a sugar work that strengthens the stomach . Literally translated, Morsulus means: the small bite or bite, i.e. the diminutive, the belittling form of morsus .
Even before household sugar was used, both cane sugar and beet sugar, Morsellen was used as a carrier substance. They consisted of a plastic mass of finely chopped almonds and nuts that were mixed with honey and then placed on small round baking wafers. Liquid medicines with a very bitter taste could also be administered, e.g. B. Lily of the valley tincture or small powdered amounts of strychnine as a circulatory agent. This Morsellen variant is primarily referred to as medicinal confectionery .
Morselles were small, square tablets made of sugar. They are made by evaporating a sugar solution, adding medicinal substances in powder form, pouring the mass into molds and then cutting into small bites. The Morsellen was used as a carrier for bitter or otherwise bad-tasting medicinal substances in order to make them more pleasant to take.
Today, some pharmacies still produce Morsellen as a Christmas confectionery.
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- Curt Hunnius, Hermann Ammon : Hunnius - Pharmaceutical Dictionary . de Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-11-017475-8 .