Opium Compound Powder

Compound Tincture of Kino. This is made in the same way as other tinctures (see JS O. 35), with tho following ingredients 1 drachm each powdered opium, kmo, and cochineal U draenms each camphor and cloves 1 fluid ounce aromatic spirit of ammonia. aud 1 pint alcohol. 

Compound" Storax Pills. Take 6 drachms of storax, 2 drachms of powdered opium, and 2 drachms of saffi on work up to the proper consistency of a pill mass. Dose, from 5 to 10 grains. 

CbApman a Copaiba Mixture. Make a mixture of i ounce copaiba, i fluid onnee sweet spirits of nitre, 2 dxacbms powdered acacia, 1 drachm sugar, 4 fluid ounosa distilled water, 2 fluitl drachms compound spirit of lavender, and 1 fluid drachm tincture of opium. D( sc, a table-spoonful 3 times a day. A specific remedy for gonorrhoea. 

It was between the years 1815 and 1820 that the first active principles were isolated from plants. The French apothecary Jean Fran9ois Derosne (1780-1846) probably isolated the alkaloid later known as narcotine in 1803, and the German apothecary Friedrich Sertumer (1783-1841) further investigated opium and isolated a new compound, morphium (1805), later named morphine. After administration to dogs, solutions of the white powder induced sedation and sleep in the dogs. His work was completed and... 

Compound Tablets of Aspirin with Dover s Powder, B.P.C, Contain 3 grains of aspirin, grains of phenacetin and 1 grain of ipecacuanha and opium powder. The anhydrous morphine content is 0-65 mg per tablet. 

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