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The preparation remains searchable as an archival method record without an invented indication.
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Historical use wording: officially recognised purposes, opium must be that obtained in Asia Minor, and must be of such a strength that, when dried and powdered and the powder
Source: The British pharmacopoeia, 1885 by General Medical Council; Royal College of Physicians of London (1888), materia-291-1.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Bicinus communis: Any ordinary variety of opium may be employed as a source of alkaloids, and of extract of opium of official strength ; but, when otherwise used for officially recognised purposes, opium must be that obtained in Asia Minor, and must be of such a strength that, when dried and powdered and the powder heated to 212° P. (100° C.) until it ceases to lose moisture, and the product tested by the appended method, or any trust
Method as extracted
- Grind according to the source passage: Any ordinary variety of opium may be employed as a source of alkaloids, and of extract of opium of official strength ; but, when otherwise used for officially recognised purposes, opium must be that obtained in Asia Minor, and must be of such a strength that, when dried and powdered and the powder heated to 212° P. (100° C.) until it ceases to lose moisture, and the product tested by the appended method, or any trustworthy method, it shall yield, as nearly as practicable, 10 per cent, of morphine; that is, 100 parts of such dry powdered opium shall yield not less than 9-5 parts, and not more than 1(>5 parts, of morphine. Characters. — In rounded, irregularly-formed, or flattened masses, varying in weight, but commonly from about eight ounces to two pounds, usually covered with portions of poppy leaves, and scattered over with the reddish-brown chaffy fruits of a species of Rumex.
Live editorial status
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Toxic / do not self-use
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- The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
- Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic.
Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.
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Primary and supporting references
- The British pharmacopoeia, 1885 — The British pharmacopoeia, 1885Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at materia-291-1.