234 poppy. 



where these properties are desirable agents. Ettmuller em- 

 ployed it in all active inflammations, in erysipelas, in in- 

 flammation of the lungs, liver, spleen, and intestines, but 

 more especially in peripneumony and pleurisy. In obstinate 

 catarrhs and pulmonary affections, the infusion was frequently 

 given by Chomel *, and he also asserts that the same used 

 in pleurisy, will frequently render the perspiration more 

 abundant. In pleurisy Baglivi f likewise speaks highly of 

 an infusion of the flowers, combined with linseed. Of its 

 efficacy in the above complaints we have no native testimony, 

 and judging from its sensible qualities, we should not be 

 disposed to anticipate any very favourable result from its use. 

 To the inspissated juice of the capsule, however, or rather 

 to the extract obtained from the evaporated decoction, we 

 cannot scruple to allow an anodyne property, and although 

 it is not so powerful as opium itself, it is by no means a bad sub- 

 stitute. Fouquet X gave it in pertussis, epilepsy, and other con- 

 vulsive diseases of children, in doses of from six to eighteen 

 grains, and preferred it to opium as being less stimulating. Cho- 

 mel also commends it in doses of half a scruple to a scruple, for 

 allaying cough and inducing tranquil sleep, indeed it may be 

 advantageously used in most disorders for which opium is 

 resorted to. 



INFUSION OF RED POPPY. 



Take of fresh Red Poppy petals one ounce ; 



Boiling water one pint. 



Infuse for a quarter of an hour, and strain. Dose, from one to four 

 ounces. 



SYPvUP OF RED POPPY §. 



Take of fresh Red Poppy petals one pound ; 



Boiling water one pint ; 



Refined sugar two pounds and a half. 



To the water, heated in a water-bath, add gradually the Poppy petals, 

 stirring them frequently ; then having removed the vessel, macerate for 

 twelve hours ; press out the liquor and set it aside, that the impurities 

 may subside ; lastly, add the sugar and dissolve it. — Dose, from one to 

 eight drachms. 



* Chomel, PI. usuell. torn. i. p. 124. 

 + Bagliv. Oper. p. 38. 

 $ Murray App. Med. torn. ii. p. 252. 

 § Pharmacopeia Londinensis, 1836. 



