Besides these three preparations, there yet exists among us the thebaic tincture of opium,

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Source: Supplement to the Edinburgh new dispensatory by Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1829), paragraph-1938.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• In the ninth edition of the Dispensatory, the quantity of opium to be taken in the preparation of the ammoniated tincture of opium, (Scotch paregoric elixir,) was by mistake omitted, so that it appear- ed as if the same quantity of opium, as of the saffron and benzoic acid, was to be taken, or three drachms instead of two , which it should have been
• of select opium cleaned, any quantity, of white wine enough (?) to dis- solve the opium
• of fine honey twelve ounces ; boiling water three pounds ; dissolve the honey in the water, and place the solution in a warm place ; when it begins to ferment, add of select opium four ounces, previously dissolved in twelve ounces of water ; allow these to ferment together for a month in a place whose temperature is 86° Fahr
• 0.868, four ounces and a half ; keep in a close vessel. — N
• But as twenty drops of this liquor, which is much thicker than Sydenham’s laudanum, weigh 22 grains, twenty drops contain three grains of opium in solution, and these seven drops correspond to one grain of opium
• of Spanish wine one pound ; of opium two ounces ; of saffron one ounce ; of powdered cinnamon and cloves, of each one drachm

Method as extracted

1. Take of select opium cleaned, any quantity, of white wine enough (?) to dis- solve the opium.
2. Dissolve by the heat of a water-bath ; express the solution strongly through close linen ; then carefully decant the liquor from the sediment permitted to settle, and evaporate it in a water-bath to the consistence of an extract. (French Codex.) 2.
3. Take of fine honey twelve ounces ; boiling water three pounds ; dissolve the honey in the water, and place the solution in a warm place ; when it begins to ferment, add of select opium four ounces, previously dissolved in twelve ounces of water ; allow these to ferment together for a month in a place whose temperature is 86° Fahr.
4. Filter through paper, and eva- porate until twelve ounces be left ; filter again, add of alcohol sp. gr.
5. Take of Spanish wine one pound ; of opium two ounces ; of saffron one ounce ; of powdered cinnamon and cloves, of each one drachm.
6. Infuse in a water-bath for two or

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