-
Laudanum is a
tincture of
opium containing approximately 10%
powdered opium by
weight (the
equivalent of 1% morphine).
Laudanum is
prepared by dissolving...
- powers. By the time of his accession, he was
obese and
possibly addicted to
laudanum.
George IV's
relationship with his wife
Caroline had
deteriorated by the...
- and
other childhood illnesses. He was
treated for
these conditions with
laudanum,
which fostered a
lifelong opium addiction.
Coleridge had a
turbulent career...
- with
Laudanum,
because their chemical names are similar:
Camphorated Tincture of
Opium (Paregoric) vs.
Tincture of
Opium (
Laudanum). However,
Laudanum contains...
- P****iflora rubra, the Dutchman's
laudanum, is a
species in the
family P****ifloraceae. It is
native throughout the West Indies, and to Colombia, Venezuela...
- His
dental problems left him in
constant pain,
which he
treated with
laudanum. He also
experienced a
painful growth in his
thigh early in his
first presidential...
-
Sickly and
melancholic during the last
decade of her life,
Siddal died of a
laudanum overdose in 1862
during her
second year of
marriage to Rossetti. Elizabeth...
-
Blaylock took a
lethal dose of
laudanum and alcohol. Her
death was
ruled as "suicide by
opium poisoning". She had been
using laudanum and
alcohol to
excess for...
-
somniferum for
inducing sleep and
relieving pain. The use of Paracelsus'
laudanum was
introduced to
Western medicine in 1527, when
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus...
- reflection. Murnau, Grau, and
Fritz drug her with
laudanum and film as
Schreck feeds on Greta, with the
laudanum in her
blood putting Schreck to sleep. At dawn...
