| 单词 | paregoric elixir |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparegoric elixir paregoric elixir n. [after post-classical Latin elixir paregoricum ( Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum, Londinensis (1745) 59); compare French elixir parégorique (1795)] camphorated tincture of opium (tincture of opium containing camphor, benzoic acid, and anise oil), used originally as an analgesic, later as an antispasmodic and for the treatment of withdrawal symptoms in newborn infants of narcotic-addicted mothers. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [noun] > other analgesics > plant-derived tormentila1400 laudanumc1602 paregoric1671 tormentil-root1712 paregoric elixir1746 loddy1811 morphia1817 morphine1817 morphium1817 veratria1821 veratrine1822 veratrin1830 veratroidea1874 diacetylmorphine1875 tonga1880 diamorphine1914 1746 H. Pemberton tr. Dispensatory Royal Coll. Physicians 283 Elixir Paregoricum, the Paregoric Elixir. 1751 T. Stack tr. R. Mead Med. Precepts v. 113 Of all this tribe [sc. anodynes] I know no better medicine than the paragoric elixir. 1788 W. Buchan Domest. Med. (ed. 10) App. 766 Paregoric Elixir. Take of flowers of benzoin, half an ounce; opium, two drachms. Infuse in one pound of the volatile aromatic spirit. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Paregoric Elixir, name for the Tinctura opii camphorata, or English paregoric elixir, to distinguish it from the Tinctura opii ammoniata, which was formerly also called paregoric elixir. 1977 Lancet 9 July 78/2 Opiates—chiefly laudanum, the camphorated tincture known as paregoric elixir, and raw opium, sold in pills and penny sticks—were widely used both on medical prescription and as self-medication by those who could not afford medical treatment. 1988 Drugs 36 (Suppl. 4) 39 There were many ‘antidiarrhoeal’ drugs, such as water adsorbents (kaolin and pectin) and antiperistaltics (opium, paregoric elixir, diphenoxylate hydrochloride with atropine sulphate and loperamide). < as lemmas |
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