236 Manvfacture of British Opium. 



Tlio apparatus consists of, 



1. A scarifier, or lancet-blade, of 

 a larger size than that used in 

 siirgerv for venesection, about two 

 inches and ^ths in length, and |th» 

 of an inch in breadth, with a rivet- 

 hole at the blunt end, through which 

 is inserted a strongly-twisted cotton 

 string ; the ends of which having 

 been previously drawji through a 

 . small slit in a bit of leather intended 

 as a slide, are to be tied in a firm 

 knot, at a length sufficient, when 

 slung on the right wrist, and confined to it by the slide, for 

 the blunt end of the lancet-blade to reach the tops of the 

 thumb, and first and second fingers, when united. This blade, 

 if covered with thin leather, excepting about one inch from the 

 point, will be softer and more commodious to the fingers. 



2. A small pocket with strings, to be tied round the waist, 

 eight inches wide, ten inches long in the back part, and about 

 five in the fore-part, having two straps of cloth (or leather, which 

 is preferable), five inches in length, and 1| inch in breadth, 

 stitched on its back part in a longitudinal direction, 1^ inch 

 apart, for the purpose of forming sheaths to receive the arms of 

 the bracket, to be hereafter described. The ends of the straps 

 to stand % of an inch above the back of tlie pocket. The use of 

 this pocket is to hold any small matters which may be necessary. 



3. Two goose-quills of the larger size, cut in the form of 

 scoops ; for the purpose of taking off the milky juice from the 

 wounded capsules. 



4. A tin cup, or receiver, 2| inches in diameter, and two in- 

 ches deep, with cover to fit close, in the manner of a saucepan. 

 In the centre of the cover, a circular hole is cut out 1 J inch in 

 diameter, into which is soldered a tin tube made to fit the same, 

 2^ inches in length, standing 1| inch above tlie cover, and 

 entering the cup below | of an inch. A circular wire is soldered 

 on round the cup on the outside, to form a groove for the ring of 



