Laudanum his "archanum" or "laudanum", may or may not have contained opium. Paracelsus' laudanum was strikingly different from the standard laudanum of the 17th century and beyond, containing crushed pearls, musk, amber, and other substances. One researcher has documented that "Laudanum, as listed in the "London Pharmacopoeia" (1618), was a pill made from opium, saffron, castor, ambergris, musk and nutmeg". Laudanum remained largely unknown until the 1660s when English physician Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689) compounded a proprietary opium tincture that he also named laudanum, although it differed substantially from the laudanum of Paracelsus. In 1676 Sydenham published a seminal work, "Medical Observations
New Looks from an Old Lover The Single was distributed on a vinyl 7 inch, 45 rpm, phonograph record and is from the 1983 album "New Look", which hit #13 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart, released on vinyl LP and Cassette tape. The song was also released on several other B. J. Thomas albums including: "Wind Beneath My Wings" in 1995 (Compact disk and Cassette tape), "The Best of B.J. Thomas: New Looks and Old Fashioned Love" in 2000 (Compact disk) and as an acoustic arrangement in duet with Etta Britt on, "The Living Room Sessions", in 2013, on Compact disk and Digital download.