Laudanum will be ready for us. Dose—From 10 to 30 drops for adults, according to the strength of the patient, or severity of the pain. Thirty drops of this laudanum will be equal to one grain of opium. And this is a much better way to prepare it than putting the opium into alcohol, or any other spirits alone, for in that case much of the opium does not dissolve." The remaining three formulas are copied from an 1890 publication of the day: Tincture of Opium is available by prescription in the United States. It is regulated as a Schedule II
Here Comes an Old Soldier from Botany Bay Here Comes an Old Soldier from Botany Bay Here Comes an Old Soldier from Botany Bay, commonly known as Here Comes an Old Soldier or just Old Soldier, is a nursery rhyme and children's game found in Australia, the United States, and the British Isles. The game and rhyme date to at least the late nineteenth century. <poem>Here comes an old soldier from Botany Bay, Have you got anything to give him to-day.</poem> The idea being for each person in turn to name and item and then others add theirs until a long list has to be remembered. <br>For example:<br>