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Three Drams of this Electuary con- tain'one Grain of Opium

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationHistorical Recipe RouteRoute not stated

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The extracted preparation passage does not state a specific intended use.

It documentsA historical source passage and its preparation structure.
It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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Source: Pharmacopoeia universalis: or, a new universal English dispensatory. Containing, I. An account of all the natural and artificial implements and instruments of pharmacy, together with the processes and operations, whereby changes are induced in natural bodies for medicinal purposes ... With two copious indexes to the whole by James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776 (1764), paragraph-11345.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Three Drams of this Electuary con- tain'one Grain of Opium
  • Locatelli’s Balfam. -[Lond.] Take of Oil Olive, one Pint

Method as extracted

  1. Melt the Wax over a gentle ‘Fire, with fome Part of the Oil; then add .’ the reft of the Oil, and the Tur-- pentine ; afterwards mix in the Saunders, and keep them ftirring together until the Mixture is

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, quality score below 70, promotion title hygiene failed, not herbal remedy, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

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  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic, corrosive or toxic chemical.
Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

The public record separates the historical passage, structured preparation data, use relationship and modern safety boundary. Same-plant context is presented as context, never as proof that this preparation was intended for that use.

Primary and supporting references

  1. Pharmacopoeia universalis: or, a new universal English dispensatory. Containing, I. An account of all the natural and artificial implements and instruments of pharmacy, together with the processes and operations, whereby changes are induced in natural bodies for medicinal purposes ... With two copious indexes to the whole — Pharmacopoeia universalis: or, a new universal English dispensatory. Containing, I. An account of all the natural and artificial implements and instruments of pharmacy, together with the processes and operations, whereby changes are induced in natural bodPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-11345.
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