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So although it is illegal for nonmedicinal purposes in China at the time, opium was legal and quite widespread in Britain this period in history.It tended to be dissolved into alcohol to give laudanum, which you've probably heard of.And that was freely available as a painkiller.
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Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes. Note: A fluid ounce of American laudanum should contain the soluble matter of one tenth of an ounce avoirdupois of powdered opium with equal parts of alcohol and water.
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