292 POISONS : THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. [§ 354- 
Lemaurier’s Odontalgic Essence is acetate of morphine dissolved in cherry- 
laurel water; strength, 1 grain to the ounce. 
Nepenthe is a preparation very similar to Liq. Opii sedativ., and is of about the 
same strength as laudanum. 1 
Black Drop (known also by various names, such as Armstrong’s Black Drop) 
is essentially an acetic acid solution of the constituents of opium. It is usually 
considered to be of four times the strength of laudanum. The wholesale receipt 
for it is :—Laudanum, 1 oz., and distilled vinegar, 1 quart, digested for a fortnight. 
The oiiginal formula proposed by the IQuaker doctor of Durham, Edward Tunstall, 
is:—Opium, sliced, \ lb.; good verjuice, 2 3 pints; and nutmeg, oz. ; boiled down 
to a syrup thickness ; 4 lb- °f sugar and 2 teaspoonfuls of yeast are then added. The 
whole is set in a warm place for six or eight weeks, after which it is evaporated in the 
open air until it becomes of the consistence of a syrup. It is lastly decanted and 
filtered, a little sugar is added, and the liquid made up to 2 pints. 
“ Nurses’ Drops” seem to be composed of oil of caraway and laudanum. 
Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed, according to evidence in the case of Pharmaceutical 
Society v. Armson (Pharm. Journ., 1894), contains in 
every ounce T V grain of 
morphine. 
Dalby’s Carminative. 
Carbonate of magnesia .... 
Tincture of castor, and compound tincture 
of 
40 grains. 
cardamoms, of each .... 
15 drops. 
Laudanum ....... 
5 „ 
Oil of aniseed ...... 
3 „ 
Oil of nutmeg. 
2 „ 
Oil of peppermint. 
1 drop. 
Peppermint water ..... 
2 fl. ounces. 
Dose, from a half to one teaspoonful. Another recipe has no 
laudanum, but instead 
syrup of poppies. 
Chlorodyne. —Brown’s Chlorodyne is composed of— 
Chloroform. 
6 drachms. 
Chloric ether ...... 
1 drachm. 
Tincture of capsicum ..... 
1 
2 
Hydrochloride of morphine .... 
8 grains. 
Scheele’s prussic acid ..... 
12 drops. 
Tincture of Indian hemp .... 
1 drachm. 
Treacle ....... 
1 „ 
Atkinson’s Infant Preserver. 
• 
Carbonate of magnesia .... 
6 drachms. 
White sugar ...... 
2 ounces. 
Oil of aniseed ...... 
20 drops. 
(Spirit of sal-volatile ..... 
24 drachms. 
Laudanum ....... 
1 drachm. 
Syrup of saffron ...... 
1 ounce. 
Caraway water, to make up.... 
1 pint. 
Boerhaave’s Odontalgic Essence. 
Opium........ 
Oil of cloves ...... 
• 
2 drachms. 
Powdered camphor .... 
• 
5 
Rectified spirit 
1| fl. ounces. 
1 It may be regarded as a purified alcoholic solution of mcconate of morphia, with 
a little excess of acid, and of about the same strength as laudanum.— Taylor. 
2 Verjuice is the juice of the wild crab. 
