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Two grains of opium are contained in one fluid ounce of this tincture

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Use not statedUse not stated PreparationTincture RouteExternal use

No specific intended use is stated in the extracted passage

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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Use not stated in the extracted passage.

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Automated live-review record

This formula was extracted automatically from a historical source and published directly for live editorial inspection. It may contain OCR, title, botanical-identity, ingredient, structure or safety errors. Do not use it as treatment, dosage or self-care guidance.

Source: The essentials of materia medica and therapeutics by Garrod, Alfred Baring, 1819-1907; Tirard, Nestor Isidore Charles, Sir, 1853-; University of Leeds. Library (1886), paragraph-3101.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Two grains of opium are contained in one fluid ounce of this tincture
  • Ammoniated Tincture of Opium. (Opium in coarse powder, one hundred grains ; saffron and benzoic acid each, one hundred and eighty grains ; oil of anise, one fluid drachm ; strong solution of ammonia, four fluid ounces ; rectified spirit, sixteen fluid ounces.) Five grains of opium are contained in one fluid ounce
  • Opium Lozenges. (Extract of opium, seventy-two gi'ains ; tincture of tolu, half a fluid ounce ; refined sugar, sixteen ounces ; gum acacia, in powder, two ounces ; extract of liquorice, six ounces ; distilled water, a sufiiciency
  • Ointment of Galls and Opium. (Oint- ment of galls, one ounce ; opium, in powder, thirty-two grains.)

Method as extracted

    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, missing instructions, 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

    Do not self-use. The record remains public for historical, botanical and hazard research.

    • 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.
    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. The essentials of materia medica and therapeutics — The essentials of materia medica and therapeuticsPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-3101.
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