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TINCT OPII SIMPL
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This square-shaped bottle has a narrow neck for pouring liquids. It is marked <i>TINCT OPII SIMPL</ii>. Tinctures, mixtures of alcohol and herbs were popular forms of administering medications. Numerous opiate tincture recipes could be used to relieve a variety of ailments as antispasmodics, antidiarrhetics, pain relievers, cough suppressants, and as sedatives.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineTINCT OPII SIMPL. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
