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tincture of opium

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Noun1.tincture of opium - narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient
opiate - a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative


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Bamford's title Laudanum alludes to the drug induced transformations of mind and matter often associated with Carroll, his characters and our own experience as readers of Alice--and laudanum was also a tincture of opium supposedly used by Carroll to ease his painful arthritis.
Victorians from the Queen down were frequent users of laudanum, a tincture of opium sold freely over chemists' counters, and I don't recall society being brought to its knees.
Stephen, alas, no trencherman, must combat a different appetite, for the narcotic tincture of opium, laudanum.
 
 
 
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