tiie white poppy.

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'! er ttonit^ a, s S ’ to ^ le e .V° * n ophthalmia, to the abdomen in enteritis,l ion s 0 f .V*’ * c - to tender ulcers, &c. In cancer and other painful affec-^ 2. w. e u terus, it is thrown into the vagina as a soothing remedy,t a ds u R - U f vs Papjveris, L. E. D. Syrup of White Poppies. (Poppyij; r,' 1 , out the seeds, E .; dried, bruised, and deprived of seeds, D.]

A]; ' 1SS - E. *xvij. D .\; Sugar [pure E. D.], lb. v. [lb. iij. E. 3xxix.

*ule s j n 111 8 Water, Cong. v. [Oxv. E. Cong. ii. D~\. Boil down the cap-pfes s w , le vva ter to two gallons, [Ov. E. Cong. j. D], and strongly ex-^'I’lort e /T ,< l uo f while hot [through calico, E], Boil down the strainedh2 h 0lIJ .° aur pints [Oijss, E. Oij. D] ; [and filter while hot. Set it by forPints Z, 8 . at dregs may subside; then boil down the clear liquor to two* ° nC h' nt ’ a dd the sugar and dissolve it [with the aid of heat,%] pj’ ' ru P °f poppies, especially if too thin, is very liable to ferment;for tn e p- n conta ins spirit or acetic acid, or both, and is of course ill adapteda c c ° rd i 1Cln al use. To check these changes, it should be carefully madePer lo l he directions of the College, taking care that it has the pro-°f tr ea j Slst °nce, and keeping it in a cool place. Occasionally a mixtureS,,bs Ututl?! K ! lau< . lanum ’ or of syrup and extract of poppies, has beenea ’ hut this fraud is highly dangerous, and has on several occa-Uiery j°'’ e d fatal to children, (See the cases referred to by Dr. Montgo-on the Dubl. Pharm. 472). Syrup of poppies is narco-°Piate j'' 6 ’ , an d anodyne, and is commonly employed as the infant’sJ>ote s i m itigates pain, allays spasm and troublesome cough, and pro-Jt h‘Ven in the adult it is sometimes used for these purposes.

'As p, e ' a ijseful adjunct to pectoral tinctures. Over ordinary opiates it*e po«tive advantage of a less disagreeable taste, and the supposedPt'rly ein S less likely to create nausea and headache. Even when pro-'A a Cc e P are d its administration to infants requires the greatest caution,; l; iv e °f their known susceptibility to the influence of opiates. “ I3s "hinfl 11 ’"formed,” says Dr. Montgomery, “ of more than one instancer e (los a tea ' s P°°nful has been known to prove fatal to a healthy child.”hjrj] f_ ; . e ft, for an infant of three or four months old, is fess.; for adults

.3. gh to f3iv.

! >r r777 * ,/ Papaveris, L. E. (Poppy-heads, without the seeds,Ur hoy XV- ’ foiling [distilled, L-] Water, Cong, j.; Macerate for twenty-i %> e/ S ’ ^ len b °d down to four pints, and filter the liquor while hot:

. e and** 1013 * 0 a P ro P cr consistence, [by the vapour-bath, E\). Ano-fi * °l’hiin s ^l 30r 'hc. It appears to me to produce effects similar to those"hijg ’tor which it is frequently substituted, on the supposition that,F fJ Ustip a .. a }’ s pain and promotes sleep, it is less liable to occasion nausea,tlste ud O f 0n ’ headache, or delirium. If it be prepared from a decoction,W . an infusion of the poppy-heads as directed in the pharma-”' i Uer ’ >x " 'll contain a considerable quantity of inert mucilaginousu °se, g r . ij. to 3j.

. 1. p h. Preparations of Opium.

i ) ° ta ss, 9. PU sive Thebaicje, E. (Opium, gr. xxiv.; Sulphate of,? r) l'0r ip' lxxn ; 5 Conserve of Red Roses, gr. xxiv.: beat them into at,j- iStr Ve(] j’jd " hicli is to be divided into twenty-four pills.—It is to be, 0 tl »e } a ^ this pill contains tw ice as much opium as the opiate pill^ 0r ific. e j 't' on of this pharmacopoeia). Employed as an anodyne andose, one or two pills (i. e. gr. v. to gr. x). The sulphate of