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Opium, tincture with saffron (2) |
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The tincture of opium with an addition of saffron is the eldest preparation of opium used by the classical medicine, as saffron and opium have similar proprieties, both components are complementary.
In 1684 the London doctor Thomas SYDENHAM (1624-1689) introduced it in therapeutics and named of "Laudanum". |