 ... to make it more palatable, it is sometimes mixed with syrups or thickened juices; but in this form it is less intoxicating and resembles mead ; it is then taken with a spoon or is dried in small cakes, with the words ' Mash Allah,' ' the work of God,  The Eclectic Journal of Medicine ... - Page 1791838Full view - About this book
 | 1840 - 526 pages
...from half a grain to two grains, and gradually increase the quantity till it amounts to two drachms and sometimes more a day ; they usually take the opium...resembles mead ; it is then taken with a spoon, or dried in small cakes, with the words " Mush Allah " (the work of God) imprinted on them. 'The effect... | |
 | 1837 - 592 pages
...grains, and gradually increase the quantity till it amounts to two drachms and sometimes more a day; thev usually take the opium in pills, but avoid drinking...as this is said to produce violent cholic : to make ¡1 more palatable, it is sometimes mixed with syrups or thickened juices; but in this form it is less... | |
 | 1840 - 540 pages
...gradually increase the quantity till it amounts to two drachms and sometimes more a day; they usually tako the opium in pills, but avoid drinking any water after...resembles mead; it is then taken with a spoon, or dried in small cakes, with the words " Mush Allah" (the work of God) imprinted on them. 2. Second Degree... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1840 - 522 pages
...from half a grain to two grains, and gradually increase the quantity till it amounts to two drachms and sometimes more a day ; they usually take the opium...is sometimes mixed with syrups or thickened juices ; butin this form it is less intoxicating, and resembles mead : it is then taken with a spoon, or dried... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1840 - 1046 pages
...from half a grain to two grains, and gradually increase the quantity till it amounts to two drachms and sometimes more a day ; they usually take the opium...produce violent cholic: to make it more palatable, it it sometimes mixed with syrups or thickened juices; but in this form it is less intoxicating, and resembles... | |
 | East Asia - 1970 - 934 pages
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 | James Richardson Logan - 1848 - 936 pages
...supar and the ripe fruit of the plantain. " In Turkey it is usually taken in pills, and those who do so avoid drinking any water after having swallowed them, as this is said to produce violent colic ; bat to make it more palatable, it is sometimes mixed with syrups or thickened juices ; in this... | |
 | Jonathan Pereira - 1857 - 926 pages
...from half a grain to two grains, and gradually increase the quantity till it amounts to two drnchms and sometimes more a day : they usually take the opium...swallowed them, as this is said to produce violent colic : to make it more palatable, it is sometimes mixed with syrups or thickened juices ; but in this... | |
 | Frederick Powell - 1871 - 324 pages
...from half a grain to two grains, and gradually increase the quantity till it amounts to two drachms, and sometimes more, a day ; they usually take the...swallowed them, as this is said to produce violent colic. To make it more palatable, it is sometimes mixed with syrups or thickened juices ; but in this... | |
 | Edward Balfour - India - 1873 - 1030 pages
...so, avoid drinking any water after swallowing them, as this is said to produce violent colics ; but to make it more palatable, it is sometimes mixed with syrups or thickened juices ; in this form, however, it is less intoxicating, and resembles mead. It is then taken with a spoon,... | |
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