Take of the heads of white poppies, dried, 3½ lbs.
double-refined sugar, 6 lbs.
distilled water, 8 gallons.
Slice and bruise the heads, then boil them in the water to
three gallons, and press out the decoction. Reduce this, by
boiling, to about 4 pints, and strain it while hot through
a sieve, then through a thin woollen cloth, and set it
aside for twelve hours, that the grounds may subside. Boil
the liquor poured off from the grounds to three pints, and
dissolve the sugar in it, that it may be made a syrup.
This syrup, impregnated with the narcotic matter of the
poppy-head, is given to _children_ in doses of two or three
drams, and to adults of from half an ounce to one ounce and
upwards, for _easing pain_, _procuring rest_, and answering
the other intentions of _mild operations_.