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Source: Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics/ by R.E. Scoresby-Jackson by Scoresby-Jackson, R. E. (Robert Edmund), 1835-1867; Macdonald, Angus, 1836-1886; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1871), narrative-offset-968926.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Eed Tofpy: of fresh red poppy petals, 13 ounces; refined sugar, 2\ pounds ; distilled tvater, 1 jnnf, or a sufficiency ; rectified spirit, 2^ fluid ounces. Add the petals gradually to the water heated in a ^vater-bath, frequently stirring, and afterwards, the vessel being removed,
Method as extracted
- Infuse according to the source passage: They possess feeble narcotic properties, but not to such an extent as to render them medicinal, their chief use being to afford a colouring ingredient to be added to other medicines, as in the following officinal form : — SYEUPUS RH(E ADOS— Syrup of Eed Tofpy.— Take of fresh red poppy petals, 13 ounces; refined sugar, 2\ pounds ; distilled tvater, 1 jnnf, or a sufficiency ; rectified spirit, 2^ fluid ounces. Add the petals gradually to the water heated in a ^vater-bath, frequently stirring, and afterwards, the vessel being removed, infuse for tiuelve hours. Then press out the liquor, strain, add the sugar, and dissolve by means of heat.
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- Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic.
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Primary and supporting references
- Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics/ by R.E. Scoresby-Jackson — Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics/ by R.E. Scoresby-JacksonPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-968926.