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- Laudanum - Wikipedia
Laudanum was historically used to treat a variety of conditions, but its principal use was as a pain medication and cough suppressant Until the early 20th century, laudanum was sold without a prescription and was a constituent of many patent medicines
- The Lure of Laudanum, the Victorians’ Favorite Drug - Mental Floss
Laudanum became widely used throughout Victorian society as a medicine, and soon many writers, poets, and artists (along with many ordinary people) became addicted
- Laudanum | Definition Recipe | Britannica
laudanum, originally, the name given by Paracelsus to a famous medical preparation of his own, composed of gold, pearls, and other items but containing opium as its chief ingredient
- What Are the Side Effects of Laudanum? - Healthfully
Laudanum was a popular Victorian-era beverage consisting of alcohol and opium Due to its strong pain-killing properties, it was used to treat a wide variety of ailments, from the common cold to heart disease
- What Is Laudanum? Understanding the Historical Opiate
Laudanum was a historical opiate tincture made of opium powder dissolved in alcohol Laudanum became popular in the Victorian era as a “cure-all” treatment for everything from headaches to female problems
- Laudanum: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Super Drug
In the 16th century, the Swiss-German alchemist, Paracelsus, concocted a pill he called his ‘laudanum’ (derived from the Latin word, laudare, “to praise”) made from many expensive materials that included crushed pearls and gold, but most effective due to only one ingredient – namely, opium
- Laudanum: An 18th and 19th Century Wonder Drug
Sydenham promoted his laudanum for a wide range of medical conditions By the eighteenth century, the medicinal properties of both opium and Sydenham’s laudanum were well known, and the term “laudanum” came to refer to any combination of opium and alcohol
- Opium and laudanum history’s wonder drugs - The Chemical Institute of . . .
Unable to sleep, he dosed himself with laudanum, perhaps the Victorian era’s most popular medicine Laudanum was a 10 percent solution of opium powder in alcohol, widely used to treat everything from pain and insomnia to female disorders
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