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Physician's Materia Medica on Lactucarium (lettuce Opium)
LACTUCARIUM (Lettuce Opium)
The inspissated latex of LACTUCA VIROSA, Lin. Anodyne, hypnotic. A remedy of little eflicacy, but suitable for quieting in fants.1
The inspissated latex of LACTUCA VIROSA, Lin. Anodyne, hypnotic. A remedy of little eflicacy, but suitable for quieting in fants.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.