Chap. 573* ‘Englijh Herbs 
Infpiffate Juice of Liquorice, Extrafl of Opium , or 
Opium prepared , of each a Pound-, Saffron a qua/- I 
ter of a Pound-, with Syrup of white Poppies make 
a Mafs for Pills according to Art. The Virtues 
of thefe PYHs are the fame with the hit, and have 
the fame force and effefts, with any of the Lau- 
dana before deferibed and declared, and may be 
given for tliofe purpofes in the fame manner. The 
Proportion ot the Opium in this Compofition 
is 4 as one to fix, or a fixth part of the whole, 
and therefore the Dole may be agr. 3. ad 12. or 1%. 
and the larger Doie may be exhibited in vehement 
Catarrhs, violent Coughs, and inveterate Fluxes of 
the Belly, Gout, Rheumatifms, (Sfc. 
LXV 1 I. Extraflum plorum Lf Capitum Papa- 
verts , or German Opium. Take the Heads of 
Poppies when they begin to Wowcr, bruife them, 
and dig eft in Balnea, with Hy drome I , Metheglin , 
or Canary, for 15 or 20 Days, till the Liquor is 
very red 1 then / train forth the Juice or Liquor by 
ftrong Pr effing: abJiraS in Balneo till a Gummy 
Magma or Sub ft a nee remains, which being put into 
cold Water will be forthwith congealed. This is 
German Opium no ways Sophifticated, which may 
be made uie of initead of the True Opium. 
897 
to , 
An APPENDIX 
Sett. XL VI, and XL VII. 
LXVIII. Some confound Opium with Meconium 
but erroneoufly: for Meconium, as DioJ. borides, 
lib. 4 chap 6q. Teftifies, is an Exprefted Juice 
from the Poppy which is ln/piffated : which ac- 
cording to Fred. Hoffman, is thus Prepared. Pa- 
paverum Vafcula cum joins tundentes torculari ex- 
primunt , mox in Mortario teretes paftillos for- 
mant, vocaturque illud Meconium. Cafper Hoffman 
de Medicamentis OJJicinalibus , lib. 2. chap. 169. 
left. 9. has it thus, Hoc autem, (ftnKuym, l~ks 
means) tota Planta contuja & expreffa. But iftuer- 
cetanus in his Pharmacopeia Rejiituta , chap. 23. 
makes it after this manner: Recipe Capitum Papa- 1 
c °{ 3 Ly ? n tauny color > but have 
™h£h y y ot I . t1l3t ’ fernery fays, that th eOpium 
which comes from Thebes, or elfe from Grand 
u ac “ unted the heft, which is blackifh 
tnfemable bitter to the Tafte, a little acrimond 
Smell f , fi'/ P '? ai )T a 1 d f ° methin g disagreeable 
smell. 2. Black and hard, which comes from Aden 
andkhrn °h /''*V 0t f ar fr0Itt the Red Sea, 
and is brought from Alexandria and Syria. 3. Of 
from d i ,Jh . ye,Iow . ™ /or end /of ter, which comes 
from Cambaja and Decan, and this is the Eaft India 
Upturn , and comes from thence, and other parts 
adjacent thereto, and is in much ufe with us ft 
S' S ® ut J he Tur /y or Thebaian Opium is 
bechffen Valuable > . and thac only which is to 
LXX. ' 
.:r- t Hoa °P"‘ m " made, Diofcoridei in the 
; be / ore c ' te ; has r ? ld us ’ as alfo > bib. 
?■ cba P- 1 1- and Jacobus 
A ft" ! “ d Gm iam, With many other 
7 non? 7 , f h r - fr i l ia W* Notes 
upon Schroder has it thus, Capita Pafaverk recen- 
tia grand, a immature tamcn, & fucco turgida 
mane poft Roremfolts difperfum Cu/tello in After iff] 
jotma leviter inetdunt, unde liquor laOeus, conti- 
Mo emanans & tdemidem concrejccns digito in Con- 
cilium ftAjeSum abftcrgitur: idque tamdiu Con - 
:” ;r ur . iUm Vld " u \ I ‘l u orum p/orat, Lf ex noviter 
inetjis 1 ecentes Lachrymal coalefcunt. • It is called 
diJ^ns’ ani ir lr °ai n A f‘ a ' by a corru pt Name, 
fn m ?£“r’ M °Afion, 0m fium and Am flan-, but 
n many Compofitions, as in Theriaca Andromcabi 
we find («*, and Ca/p Ho jj f ’ 
m <tnd,ffer : enter eft vel™,velpiJftl\ 
tlludque quidem fieri Cap, t, bus Papaverk incifts, (Sf 
fucco tnde Sull ante except 0. Opium is laid to be 
adulterated with the Juice of Glaucium, which is 
of / J 77 0W C0 p ! sthou S ht to be the Juice 
0} the Thorney Poppy before deferibed : ) but this 
Cheat's eafily to be difeovered ; for if the Opium 
is diflolved I tn 1 fair Water, it null color it yellow 
by realon of the yellow mixture. 
LXXI. But yet the Grand Queftion returns to 
" — jl uya- | JLAAJ. I 
verum (which beats the red Flowers, I fuppofe he be refolded f t> 
— " have alreadyVaitTfo^f hingfo it, imwhatfas gone 
before; to which we add, that according to Pliny 
and Avicenna, it is gathered from the Heads of the 
Black Poppy, being Cut or Wounded. But fays 
. y '‘V/utt/suc 1/1 
Mart aria marmoreo, affunde Vinum generofum ad 
duorum digitorum eminentiam : digere in Balneo 
per aliquot dies, ut incipiat rubefeere , exime & 
infpijfa. ^ Lemery lays. That Opium is a Tear 
which dtftills of it felf, or by Incifion from the' 
Heads of Poppies, and this in Greece , as alfo in the 
Kingdom of Cambaia, and the Territories of Grand 
Cairo in Egypt, and that there are three forts of 
it, the Black, the White , and the yellow, which 
the Inhabitants of thofe Countries do keep for their 
own Ufe, and only fend x& Meconium, which is 
nothing elfe but the Juice of the Poppy Heads 
drawn by Expreffion, and then thickned, and wrapt 
up in Leaves to Export it the better : but I hope 
Monfiure Lemery wilt give me leave to believeas 
much as I think fit of the latter part of his 
Difcourfe, and no more. 
LXIX. opium, fays Schroder, is, Lachryma, a 
Tear, which Diftills itom the Heads of the Poppies 
being gently cut, when they begin to grow ripe! 
And ot this Opium, there are three forts. 1. 
White, which comes from Cairo in Egypt, and this 
is faid to be the Thebaian Opium , which we call 
Turkey Opium, and is accounted the belt. Schro- 
der fays, the Cabaifan Opium is the choifeft, and 
that it is heavy, and thick, and burns with a 
Flame not black, of a Poppy like Smell, but 
It longer, of the color of Aloes when broken, and 
eafie to be diflolved. That which the Turks daily 
take from halt a Dram to a Dram , which they 
Ft ii- ,6 W vvounaea. But lays 
ujpar Hoffman loco citato, ex albo fieri lam in 
AJta, quant mind, a ex Bellomo V Garzia Conftat- 
atque apud Diofcondem fit ex Nigro & Sylveftri : 
Rer', n Y^f tf U j >0 u hodieque ex utroque 
l , ' Yet Fred. Hoffman in his Annotations upon 
Schraders Difpenfatory fays, Hoe (Maflac, velOpi - 
urn) mh,l ahud eft quant Succus exfudans exCapi- 
ttbus Papavens alb, incifts in Vigore Conftituti fuo 
BalfamtcoW Crefcente Luna Colleflus-, formantur 
tnde Ptlulte a Drachma femis, adDrachmammam- 
efjdlus hujus eft pro Conflitutionum vel Tempera- 
mentorum diver Jit ate, Cfc. From what has been faid 
before and what here, it is manifeft that Opium is 
ftnm/hp n/r. e Heads, and fometimes 
both 1 anc ^ ^ omet i mes promifeuoufiy from 
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