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Trade with China, especially in the illegal opium, grew, and so did the firm of Jardine, Matheson & Co., which was already known as the Princely Hong for being the largest British trading firm in East Asia. By 1841, Jardine had 19 intercontinental clipper ships, compared to close rival Dent and Company with 13.
The second Red Rover Clipper ship, her sailing card A second clipper named Red Rover , active in the California trade, was built by Fernald & Pettigrew in 1852. [ 4 ] Between January 22 - May 2, 1854, the ship sailed from New York to San Francisco in 120 (122) days.
Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine). [1] Laudanum is prepared by dissolving extracts from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) in alcohol ().
Opium (also known as poppy tears, or Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. [4] Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade.
c. 46), that opium and its derivatives were prohibited and therefore required a prescription. Drugs with a 2% or less of opium content (0.2 percent morphine or 0.1 percent heroin) were exempt from the 1920 Act. In contrast with legislation regulating other industries at the time, the Pharmacy Act neglected to restrict the profession to men only ...
Pages in category "Opium ships" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. HMS Curlew (1812) H.
Depiction of British opium ships off the coast of China in 1824 by William John Huggins.This period of history provides the inspiration for the Ibis trilogy.. The Ibis trilogy is set to the backdrop of the opium trade in China during the 1830s, which was causing widespread addiction in the country, but was a lucrative endeavour for British and American merchants.
In the United States the formula for Paregoric U.S.P. is a tincture of opium 40 ml, anise oil 4 ml, benzoic acid 4 g, camphor 4 g, glycerin 40 ml, alcohol 450 ml, purified water 450 ml, diluted with alcohol [17] to 1000 ml, and contains the equivalent of 0.4 mg/ml of anhydrous morphine; one ounce of paregoric contains 129.6 mg (2 grains) of ...