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drachm. Anethol is the main constituent of the oil; 

 it is used in making anisic acid, an antiseptic. 



OIL OF CARAWAY (average dose, 3 minims) is a 

 useful carminative and flavor. 



OIL of CLOVES (caryophyllus) , stomachic and car- 

 minative and locally anesthetic. Used as an appli- 

 cation in toothache. Average dose, 3 minims. 



OIL OF CORIANDER (average dose, 3 minims), used 

 as a flavor and to prevent griping in purgative 

 formulae, more especially senna. 



OLIVE OIL (average dose, 1 fluidounce), lubricant, 

 emollient, demulcent, nutritive, and mildly laxative. 

 Largely used externally, in pharmaceutical combi- 

 nations and by inunction. A useful laxative for 

 infants and more or less used by adults. Serves well 

 as an internal lubricant. 



OIL OF THEOBROMA, CACAO BUTTER, used in mak- 

 ing suppositories. 



OLEATES of atropine, cocaine, mercury, quinine, 

 and veratrine are official in the U. S. P. VIII and IX. 



OPIUM 



POPPY, Papaver Somniferum, universally official. 

 POPPY CAPSULES official in twelve standards, POPPY 

 LEAVES in France, POPPY SEED in Germany and 

 Russia, and POPPYSEED OIL in France. RED POPPY 

 PETALS, Papaver Rhoeas, official and used as a color- 

 ing matter in eight countries. Opium is derived 

 from the unripe poppy capsules. The capsules are 

 used in the form of a decoction and a syrup in some 

 countries. The leaves are popularly supposed to 

 be anodyne applied externally, which is doubtful. 

 The seeds contain no narcotic alkaloids and supply 

 a fixed oil to commerce, and it is used by painters 



