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This page recommends preparations containing opium, laudanum, morphine, or similar narcotics — in some cases for children. These substances are dangerously addictive, easily fatal in overdose, and strictly controlled by law today.
In addition, this page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional.
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Rousseau's Laudanum
Dis- Take of hypochlorite of lime, 7 drachms; solve 12 ounces white honey in 3 pounds sugar flavored with vanilla, 3 drachms; gum- warm water, and set it aside in a warm place. arabic, 5 drachms. The pastils are made so When fermentation begins add to it a solution as to weigh from 10 to 11 grains. 2 or 3 of 4 ounces selected opium in 12 ounces wa- 12 ounces waof these pastils are sufficient to remove ter. Let the mixture stand for a month at a from the breath the disagreeable odor pro- temperature of 86° Fahr.; then strain, filter, strain, filter, duced by tobacco smoke. The pastils thus and evaporate to 10 ounces; finally strain prepared have a grey color and become quite hard. and add 4 ounces proof alcohol. Seven drops of this preparation contain about 1 grain.
If pastils of whiter color are required the of opium. following substances are employed: Take of 5469. Bonnamy's Dentifrice. Take dry hypochlorite of lime, 20 grains; pulver- prepared chalk, 1 part; burned hartshorn, 1 ized sugar, 1 ounce; gum tragacanth, 16 part; hydrate of alumina, 1 part; perfume grains. The hypochlorite of lime is tritura- with oil of cinnamon. This is an excellent ted in a glass mortar, and a small quantity of dentifrice. water is poured uponit; it is then left to repose,