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[or] Laudani Liquidi (Tincture 12 oz. 2 lb. of opium; thebaic tincture; liquid laudanum; and Sydenham's laudanam).
Drug Supplies in the American Revolution George B. Griffenhagen
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"... prepared a hot, a very hot poultice, clapped it on and hurried out into the town, returning with a phial of Thebaic tincture."
--P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 171
A Sea of Words: "Of or derived from opium. The name refers to Thebes, an ancient Egyptian city, because Egypt was the source of the best opium. Thebaic tincture=laudanum." (p. 436)
March 25, 2008