Laudanum Concerning the History and Cure of Acute Diseases", in which he promoted his brand of opium tincture, and advocated its use for a range of medical conditions. By the 18th century, the medicinal properties of opium and laudanum were well known, and the term "laudanum" came to refer to any combination of opium and alcohol. Several physicians, including John Jones, John Brown, and George Young, the latter of whom published a comprehensive medical text entitled "Treatise on Opium", extolled the virtues of laudanum and recommended the drug for practically every ailment. "Opium, and after 1820, morphine, was mixed with everything
Here Comes an Old Soldier from Botany Bay Botany Bay." The game is mentioned in Keble Howard's 1908 book "Miss Charity: A Tale From My Heart" The poet Mary Finnin has written a ballad entitled "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,