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2. Laudanum - Wikipedia

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   This "de-narcotized" or "deodorized" opium tincture is formulated using a petroleum distillate to remove the narcotine. [31] Oral doses of opium tincture are rapidly absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract and metabolized in the liver. Peak plasma concentrations of the morphine content are reached in about one hour, and nearly 75% of the ...

3. Paregoric - Wikipedia

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   Paregoric, or camphorated tincture of opium, also known as tinctura opii camphorata, is a traditional patent medicine known for its antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic properties. According to Goodman and Gilman's 1965 edition, "Paregoric is a 4% opium tincture in which there is also benzoic acid, camphor, and anise oil. ... Paregoric by ...

4. List of substances used in rituals - Wikipedia

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   Opium, Opium poppy: Papaver somniferum: Latex exudate: [70] morphine 0.3–25% and codeine 0.5–4% Depressant: From the earliest finds, opium appears to have had ritual significance, and anthropologists have speculated ancient priests may have used the drug as a proof of healing power. [71]

5. Coleridge and opium - Wikipedia

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   However, most scholars agree that Coleridge had resorted to laudanum (the tincture form of opium), particularly during times of nervousness and stress. Because laudanum was widely available and widely used as an analgesic as well as a general sedative, many people were given the drug for all sorts of medical and nervous complaints.

6. Opium - Wikipedia

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   The standard medical use of opium persisted well into the 19th century. US president William Henry Harrison was treated with opium in 1841, and in the American Civil War, the Union Army used 175,000 lb (80,000 kg) of opium tincture and powder and about 500,000 opium pills. [1] During this time of popularity, users called opium "God's Own Medicine".

7. Godfrey's Cordial - Wikipedia

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   Godfrey's Cordial was a patent medicine, containing laudanum (tincture of opium) in a sweet syrup, which was commonly used as a sedative to quiet infants and children in Victorian England. [1] Used mostly by mothers working in agricultural groups or industry, [ 2 ] it ensured that she could work the maximum hours of her employment, without ...