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Show CORN Poppy. 535 Macerate the sliced heads in the water for twelve hours: boil the infusion till only one-third part of the liquor remain ; then strain the decoction with strong expression. Boil the strained decoction to the consumption of one-half, and strain again ; lastly, add the sugar, and boil a little, so as to form a syrup. Syrup or Wurre Poppizs. (Syrupus Papaveris Albi. L.) Take of the heads of white poppies, dried, three pounds and a half; double refined sugar, six pounds ; —— distilled water, eight gallons : Slice and bruise the heads, then boil themin the water to three gallons, in a water bath, saturated with sea salt, and press out the decoction. Reduce this, by boiling, to about four pints, andstrain it, while hot, through a sieve, then through a thin Woollen cloth, andset it aside for twelve hours that the feces maysubside. Boil the liquor poured off from the fxces to three pints, and dissolve the sugar in it, that it may be made a syrup. CORN 1 )y a Dub. Take of white poppy-heads, gathered unripe, dried, and emptied of their seeds, one pound; POPPY. 5 y PAPAVER RHZ&AS. —— boiling water, three pints : SET Class XLII, Polyandria. Order 1. Monog ynia. Essent. Gen, Caar. The same as the last, Spec. Cuar. Capsule smooth, Leaves pinnatifid, gashed, — globular: Stem hairy, many-flowered; eta! DESCRIPTION. Dur stalk is upright, branched, having hairs standing atright angles; rises two feet. Leaves pinna te. Peduncles slender, long, hairy, carrying a single flower. Calyx drooping, falls. a bright scarlet, four. Stigma radiated. Petals HISTORY. Common in corn-fields, flowers in June and July. PREPARATIONS. Syrup or WaitePopprgs. (Syrupus Papaveris Somniferi. E.) Take of white poppy-heads, dried, and freed from the seeds, two pounds ; — boiling water, thirty pounds ; double refined sugar, four pounds; Slice and bruise the heads, then pour on the water, and macerate for twelve hours; express the liquor, and evaporate in a moderate heat to one pint; strain through thin flannel, and set aside for six hours to allowthe feces to subside: to the decanted liquor add the sugar, and make into a syrup. This syrup, impregnated with the narcotic matter of the Poppy-heads, is given to children, in doses of two or three drachms, aud to adults, of half an ounce to an ounce and upwards, for easing pain, procuring rest, and answering the other intentions of mild opiates. Particularcare is requisite in its pre- paration, that it may be always made, as nearly as possible, of the same strength ; and accordingly the Colleges have been very minute in their description of the process. *YRup or Rep Poprtes. (Syrupus Papav eris Erratici. L. D.) Take of the fresh flowers of the red popp y, four pounds (one pound, D.); —— boiling distilled water, four pints and a half (twenty Ounces, by measure, D.): |