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benefit. Opium has also been given with much benefit in the hot 
stage of intermittents ; and in typhoid fevers, in conjunction with 
camphor and ether, it is often extremely useful. 
Opium is exhibited in a variety of forms, either alone or in 
combination with other medicines ; it is given in substance, in 
powder, in solution in wine or diluted alcohol ; or as described 
in various chemical preparations. In many cases in which opium 
is indicated, the stomach is so extremely irritable and disposed to 
reject whatever is taken, that no liquid will remain down : in these 
cases, opium in a solid form will frequently be found retainable. But 
as already said, the recent discoveries here detailed may effect a 
total revolution in the use of this active substance ; this considera- 
tion, and the extreme importance of opium as a medicine, have led 
us to devote more space to the subject, than the limits of our work 
would otherwise have warranted. 
Off. The Capsules, and the concrete juice of 
the capsules, called Opium. 
Off. Pp. Confectio Opii, L. 
Decoctum Papaveris, L. 
Electuarium Opiatum, E. 
Emp. Opii, L. E. 
Ext. Opii, L. E. D. 
— — Papaveris, L. E. 
Pil. Opiatae, E. 
Sapon. c Opio. L. 
e Styrace, D. 
Pulvis Cornu usti cum Opio, L. 
Cretae comp. cum Opio, L. 
— — Opiatus, E. 
Syr. Opii, D. 
Papaveris, L. E. D. 
Tinct. Opii, L. E. D. 
Camphorata, L. E. D. 
Vin. Opii, L. E, 
