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  • As for me, I'm old enough to miss the days when Paregoric was over-the-counter for tummy upsets. (active ingredient: belladonna) I was trippin 'as a toddler, man!

    one pill makes you larger 2006

  • ‘Passion and Paregoric’, which was having such a vogue — chimed in.

    The Man of Property 2004

  • _Paregoric Elixir_, or "Compound Tincture of Camphor," prescribed as a sedative cordial by doctors (and containing some opium), the oil of Anise is also included -- thirty drops in a pint of the tincture.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Paregoric may be given for the same purpose -- a tablespoonful for adults; a teaspoonful for a child of eight to ten, well diluted with water, and not repeated inside of two hours, and not then unless the pain continues unabated.

    The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

  • * Elix [ir] Paregor [icum] (Paregoric elixir) 2 lb.

    Drug Supplies in the American Revolution George B. Griffenhagen

  • Paregoric, too -- combining two of the most dangerous of all substances, alcohol and opium -- was a favorite medicine of my excellent mother, and in all the little ailments of childhood was freely administered.

    The Opium Habit Horace B. Day

  • Euphemia Forsyte, who happened to be in the room -- she had come round to borrow the Rev.Mr. Scoles 'last novel,' Passion and Paregoric ', which was having such a vogue -- chimed in.

    The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900

  • Paregoric 'which she had read at lunch, and her chum Frances, Roger's daughter (the musical Forsyte, the one who composed songs), there was only one chair left unoccupied, except, of course, the two that nobody ever sat on -- and the only standing room was occupied by the cat, on whom old Jolyon promptly stepped.

    The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900

  • Euphemia Forsyte, who happened to be in the room -- she had come round to borrow the Rev.Mr. Scoles 'last novel,' Passion and Paregoric ', which was having such a vogue -- chimed in.

    The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property John Galsworthy 1900

  • Euphemia Forsyte, who happened to be in the room -- she had come round to borrow the Rev.Mr. Scoles 'last novel,' Passion and Paregoric ', which was having such a vogue -- chimed in.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

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