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White Poppies well dried, 
inf life them twenty four 
Hours in eight Pints of 
Fountain-water ; boyi 
them well ; then prefs 
them out , and put a 
pound and an half of 
Sugar to the Liquor ■ then 
boyl it to a Syrup. 
The Juice of Poppies 
thicken’d is call'd Opium:. 
I mean, that which flows 
out of its felf, the Head 
being cut ; for the Juice 
that is prefs’d out is call’d 
Meconium, which is much 
weaker than Opium. The 
Turly low White Poppies 
in Fields as we doWheat • 
and every one carries 
fome about him in War 
and Peace. A certain 
Jew declar’d , that forty 
Camels laden wtth it, 
come yearly from Paphla- 
gonia, Cappadocia, Gallatin, 
and Cilicia. A 'Tio\ can 
can take a Dram at a 
time, without any Injury. 
The beft Opium is bitter 
and hot, and of a yellow 
Colour : It recreates the 
Spirits, and provokes Ve- 
ncry. Liquid Laudanum 
is made in the following 
manner : Take of Spanijh 
Wine one Pint, of Opium 
two Ounces , o<f Saffron 
one Ounce , of Cinna- 
mon and Cloves powder’d 
each one Dram ; infufe 
them together in B. M. 
for two or three Days, 
till the Liquor has a deep 
Tindure ; ftrain it, and 
keep it for ufe : The 
Dole is iixteen Drops. 
Matthews' s Pill is made in 
the following manner z 
Take of Salt of Tartar, 
prepar’d with Nitre, four 
Ounces, of Oil of Tur- 
pentine eight Ounces; 
mix them, and let them 
fland in a moift and cold 
Place eight, nine or ten 
Months, or more, till the 
Salt has taken up thrice 
its weight of Oil, and is 
become one thick Mafs 
like Soap ; in the mean 
time you muft ftir it of- 
ten, and add the Oil as it 
incorporates : Take of 
this Soap fix Ounces, of 
the beft Opium two Oun- 
ces, of Blade and White 
Hellebore powder’d, and 
of Liquorifh , each two 
Ounces ; mix them ex- 
adly , adding as much 
Oil of Turpentine as j$ 
fufficient to make a Mafs 
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