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PAPAYER,— POPFV.

Ant. ; Swediaur ; and Van Mons re-commend the petals to be bruised in a mor-tar. — Akt. ; and Van Mons prescribe onepart of flowers and one and a half of boilingwater. — Swediaur requires one part offlowers and three parts of water :— the lat-ter requires twenty-four hours' infusion,but the others only twelve. — Van Monsprescribes two parts of sugar to three ofstrained liquor. — Ant. — eight ounces of su-gar to be dissolved in the strained liquor ;and Swediaur — two parts of sugar to oneof strained liquor.

PECTORAL INFUSION. (SaINTE-MaUIe)

R. Flowers of Red Poppy, two ounces.

Dilute Sulphuric Acid, fifteen drops.

White Sugar, two ounces.

Decoction of Barley, one pound.

Infuse. — To be taken in the course of

twenty-four hours, two or three spoonfuls

at a time, particularly on the coining on of

the cough.

PASTILLES OF RED POPPY. (FliRR.)

R. Infusion of Red Poppy, six pounds.Sugar, four pounds.

Dissolve, clarify, boil to a proper con-sistence, pour the mass upon a marble slab,and cut it into proper forms.

VINEGAR OF RED POPPY.

Acetum Papareris erratici. (Wirtem.)

R. Flowers of Red Poppy, half a pound.Vinegar, three pounds.

Macerate in the sun for several days, andexpress.

AQUEOUS TINCTURE OF RED POPPY.

Tinctura Papaveris Rhœados. (Palat.)

R. Conserve of Red Poppy, one ounce.Flowers of Red Poppy, sprinkledwith a sufficient quantity of sul-phuric acid, three handfuls.Distilled Water of the Juice of RedPoppy, thirty ounces.Digest for twenty-four hours; expressstrongly and add,

Syrup of Red Poppy, slightly

acidulated, eight ounces.

Mix. — It is slightly excitant, and usedformerly to he much prescribed in malig-nant fevers, in the dose of a spoonful, ina mixture, or common drink.

2. Papaver somniferum, Linn. — Poppy,White Poppy.

Synonimf.s : — Pavot, Pavot blanc, Fr.;Mohn, Gekm. ; Khuschkhasch, Arab.;

and Duk.; Bilymak, Bohem. ; Ying-suh ,Chin. ; Gaysagussa, Can. ; Abin atta,Cyng. ; Valmue, Dan. ; Adormidera,Span. ; Post, Hind. ; and Sans. ; Taló-me heul, Dut.; Papavero, Ital. ; Kes,Jap. ; Kuknar, Pers. ; Mak bialy, Pol.;Wallmo, Swed.; Casa casa, Tam.; Cassacassa, Tel.

An original plant of the East, but natu-ralized in the south of Europe. (PolyandriaPolyyynia, LlNN. ; Papaveraceœ, Jess. ;Fig. Zorn, Ic.pl. t. 371)

The fruit and seeds are employed.

The fruit {Poppy Heads ; Capita seu Ca-pitula seu Capsula Papaveris) are globularor ovoid capsules, with a flat crown of tenradii or more, under which there are asinanv pores as there are radii. Its odour,which is virous in the fresh state, becomesdissipated by desiccation. It taste is bitterand acrid.

These capsules are sedative and narcotic.They furnish opium in the East, and mightalso yield it in our countries ; for theycontain all the elements of Eastern opium,but in proportions which stem to vary con-siderably, and upon which the chemistswho have latterly devoted themselves to ti.isimportant enquiry have not yet agreed.

The seeds (Semen Papaveris albie seu ni-gri seu cœrulei) are very small, reniform,rather wrinkled, of a greyish white orblackish. The oil (Huile d' œillette, Fr.)which is expressed from them, is bland, andgood for the table.

aqueous tincture of poppy flowers.(Bruns. ; Sax. ; Wirtem.)

R. Flowers of White Poppy, half an ounce.Sulphuric Acid, one dram.

Water of Poppy Flowers, four ounces.

Digest for twenty-four hours ; express,and alter. It is sedative. — Dose, from halfan ounce to one ounce. (Bruns. ; Wir-tem.)

Sax. prescribes one ounce and a half offlowers, half an ounce of acid, and twelveounces of boiling water ; to be maceratedfor twelve hours.