Ever since my recovery from the fever I had been in the custom of taking every night a small quantity of laudanum; for it was by means of this drug only that I was enabled to gain the rest necessary for the preservation of life.
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Laudanum
/ˈlɔːdənəm/
Synonyms for "laudanum" (86 found)
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morphiamorphinenarcoticnembutalnembutal pillopiateopiumpacifierpain killerparegoricpen yanphenobarbitalphenobarbital sodiumpurple heartquietenerrainbowredscagsecobarbital sodiumseconal
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Noun(2 words)
opium solutionopium tincture
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Whatever else was wanting to a wise man's happiness, —of laudanum I would have given him as much as he wished, and in a golden cup.
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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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Laudanum, a derivative of opium, was the name given to a secret remedy concocted by the occultist Paracelsus, in the sixteenth century.
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