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Poppies and glaucoma / Stanley Dyke.
Dyke, Stanley.Date: 1978- Books
Poppies and politics in China : Sichuan province, 1840s to 1940s / Xiaoxiong Li.
Li, Xiaoxiong, 1951-Date: [2009], ©2009- Books
Poppies, pipes, and people : opium and its use in Laos / Joseph Westermeyer ; foreword by Peter G. Bourne.
Westermeyer, Joseph, 1937-Date: [1983] ©1982- Digital Images
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Papaver somniferum L. Papaveraceae Opium Poppy Distribution: Asia minor, but has been dated to 5000BC in Spanish caves. Now grows almost everywhere. The oldest medicine in continuous use, described in the Ebers' papyrus (1550 BC), called Meconium, Laudanum, Paregoric and syrup of poppies. Culpeper (1650) on Meconium '...the juyce of English Poppies boyled till it be thick' and 'I am of the opinion that Opium is nothing else but the juyce of poppies growing in hotter countries, for such Opium as Authors talk of comes from Utopia.[he means an imaginary land, I suspect]’]. He cautions 'Syrups of Poppies provoke sleep, but in that I desire they may be used with a great deal of caution and wariness...' and warns in particular about giving syrup of poppies to children to get them to sleep. The alkaloids in the sap include: Morphine 12% - affects ?-opioid receptors in the brain and causes happiness, sleepiness, pain relief, suppresses cough and causes constipation. Codeine 3% – mild opiate actions – converted to morphine in the body. Papaverine, relaxes smooth muscle spasm in arteries of heart and brain, and also for intestinal spasm, migraine and erectile dysfunction. Not analgesic. Thebaine mildly analgesic, stimulatory, is made into oxycodone and oxymorphone which are analgesics, and naloxone for treatment of opiate overdose – ?-opioid receptor competitive antagonist – it displaces morphine from ?-opioid receptors, and constipation caused by opiates. Protopine – analgesic, antihistamine so relieves pain of inflammation. Noscapine – anti-tussive (anti-cough). In 2006 the world production of opium was 6,610 metric tons, in 1906 it was over 30,000 tons when 25% of Chinese males were regular users. The Opium wars of the end of the 19th century were caused by Britain selling huge quantities of Opium to China to restore the balance of payments deficit. Laudanum: 10mg of morphine (as opium) per ml. Paregoric: camphorated opium tincture. 0.4mg morphine per ml. Gee’s Linctus: up to 60 mg in a bottle. J Collis Browne’s chlorodyne: cannabis, morphine, alcohol etc. Kaolin and Morph. - up to 60 mg in a bottle. Dover’s Powders – contained Ipecacuana and morphine. Heroin is made from morphine, but converted back into morphine in the body (Oakeley, 2012). One gram of poppy seeds contains 0.250mgm of morphine, and while one poppy seed bagel will make a urine test positive for morphine for a week, one would need 30-40 bagels to have any discernible effect. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Papaver somniferum L. Papaveraceae Opium Poppy Distribution: Asia minor, but has been dated to 5000BC in Spanish caves. Now grows almost everywhere. The oldest medicine in continuous use, described in the Ebers' papyrus (1550 BC), called Meconium, Laudanum, Paregoric and syrup of poppies. Culpeper (1650) on Meconium '...the juyce of English Poppies boyled till it be thick' and 'I am of the opinion that Opium is nothing else but the juyce of poppies growing in hotter countries, for such Opium as Authors talk of comes from Utopia [he means an imaginary land, I suspect]’. He cautions 'Syrups of Poppies provoke sleep, but in that I desire they may be used with a great deal of caution and wariness...' and warns in particular about giving syrup of poppies to children to get them to sleep. The alkaloids in the sap include: Morphine 12% - affects ?-opioid receptors in the brain and causes happiness, sleepiness, pain relief, suppresses cough and causes constipation. Codeine 3% – mild opiate actions – converted to morphine in the body. Papaverine, relaxes smooth muscle spasm in arteries of heart and brain, and also for intestinal spasm, migraine and erectile dysfunction. Not analgesic. Thebaine mildly analgesic, stimulatory, is made into oxycodone and oxymorphone which are analgesics, and naloxone for treatment of opiate overdose – ?-opioid receptor competitive antagonist – it displaces morphine from ?-opioid receptors, and reverses the constipation caused by opiates. Protopine – analgesic, antihistamine so relieves pain of inflammation. Noscapine – anti-tussive (anti-cough). In 2006 the world production of opium was 6,610 metric tons, in 1906 it was over 30,000 tons when 25% of Chinese males were regular users. The Opium wars of the end of the 19th century were caused by Britain selling huge quantities of Opium to China to restore the balance of payments deficit. Laudanum: 10mg of morphine (as opium) per ml. Paregoric: camphorated opium tincture. 0.4mg morphine per ml. Gee’s Linctus: up to 60 mg in a bottle. J Collis Browne’s chlorodyne: cannabis, morphine, alcohol etc. Kaolin and Morph. - up to 60 mg in a bottle. Dover’s Powders – contained Ipecacuana and morphine. Heroin is made from morphine, but converted back into morphine in the body (Oakeley, 2012). One gram of poppy seeds contains 0.250mgm of morphine, and while one poppy seed bagel will make a urine test positive for morphine for a week, one would need 30-40 bagels to have any discernible effect. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leaves and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [wishes to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leave and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [who wish to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
Dr Henry Oakeley- Pictures
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A skeletal hand offering opium poppies to a living hand. Colour lithograph after S. Smirnov, 1987.
Smirnov, S.Date: 1987 (Reference: 541605i- Books
Opium for the masses : a practical guide to growing poppies and making opium / by Jim Hogshire.
Hogshire, JimDate: [1994]- Books
Pearls before poppies : the story of the Red Cross pearls / Rachel Trethewey.
Trethewey, RachelDate: 2018- Pictures
Black opium poppies that turn into gravemarkers in the form of crosses; representing death from heroin addiction. Lithograph by A. Pągowski, 1987.
Pągowski, Andrzej, 1953-Date: [1987?]Reference: 646388i- Books
Scarlet poppies : the army experience of Australian nurses during World War One / Ruth Rae.
Rae, Ruth.Date: [2004], ©2004- Books
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British opium. : The sum of thirty guineas, being the premium offered in the year 1822, was this session given to Messrs. Cowley & Staines, of Winslow, Bucks, for cultivating 12 acres of poppies, ...
Date: 1824- Pictures
A car skidding on a training lot during "safer driving" training; with two poppies (for greetings). Colour lithograph for the Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft, 2002.
Date: 10/2002Reference: 780417i- Books
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Paper in chemistry : To obtain pure and unadulterated those drugs that are of peculiar efficacy in medicine, is universally allowed to be an object highly deserving public attention: the Society ... have this Session ... after due trials of some opium prepared from poppies grown in England, given fifty guineas to Mr. John Ball, of Williton, ...
Ball, John, of Williton.Date: 1796- Books
I medici e i Medici : Francesco Folli, la trasfusione e altro / Attilio D'Anzeo.
D'Anzeo, Attilio.Date: 1990- Pictures
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A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; German version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 674620i- Pictures
The skeletal hand of a drug addict rises from a tangle of opium poppies and clutches a syringe. Colour lithograph after A. Gornov, 1988.
Gornov, A.Date: 1988Reference: 541294i- Pictures
Archiginnasio, Bologna: the anatomy theatre. Photograph by Fotografia dell'Emilia di Pietro Poppi, 18--.
Fotografia dell'Emilia di Pietro Poppi.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 664909i- Books
Hog beans, poppies and mandrake leaves : a test of the efficacy of the medieval 'soporific sponge' / Mark Infusino, Ynez Violé O'Neil, and Selma Calmes.
Infusino, Mark.Date: 1989- Books
La dottrina della scienza in Giacomo Zabarella / Antonino Poppi.
Poppi, Antonino.Date: 1972- Books
Causalità e infinità nella scuola padovana dal 1480 al 1513 / Antonino Poppi.
Poppi, Antonino.Date: 1966- Pictures
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A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; Italian version of a series of Stop AIDS campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health , in collaboration with the Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 674622i- Pictures
A German quack doctor asks a British nurse about a man with a bowel complaint: misunderstanding the doctor, she has served the patient puppies instead of poppies, and an almanac instead of bole ammoniac. Coloured etching, 1803.
Date: 1 January 1803Reference: 10980i- Pictures
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A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health , in collaboration with l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 674621i