Carmen Sylva
the pen-name of Elizabeth, Queen of Rumania, born Dec. 29, 1843; the daughter of Prince Hermann of Wied-Neuwied, and Maria of Nassau; married King (then Prince) Charles of Rumania in 1869. Her only child, a daughter, died in 1874, and out of this great sorrow of her life arose her literary activity. Two poems, printed privately at Leipsic in 1880 under the name "Carmen Sylva," were followed by "Storms" (1881); "Leiden's Erdengang" (1882); translated into English as "Pilgrim Sorrow" (1884); "Jehovah" (1882); "Ein Gebet" (1882); "Thoughts of a Queen" (1882); etc. Many of the translations in "Rumanian Poetry" (1881) are from her pen. Another book, in which she worked into literary form CARNARVON ing expulsion of flatulence, also allaying pain and spasm of the intestines. They generally contain a volatile oil; most of the ordinary condiments, as pepper, mustard, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, oil of peppermint, etc., are carminative.
They are used in cases of distension, and colic of the stomach, or intestines from flatulence, also as adjuncts to purgatives to prevent griping, and to promote digestion in cases of atonic dyspepsia.