Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/24674/laudanumRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 03:51:58 GMTWed, 22 Mar 2017 03:10:45 GMT60A drug that started out as a Cure-all, drug for the poor, who in the pre-20th century era were too uneducated and ignorant to understand that there was no such thing as a cure-all. Many died from overdosing because warning labels and instructions often didn't come with a bottle, it was made illegal in the US by about 1900. It had no real healing power, although it was one of the first widely accepted placeabos used.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/62605https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/62605Tue, 28 Mar 2017 06:02:57 GMTFrom the book The House of The Scorpion. A drug containing alcohol and [opium]. The opium being dissolved in the alcohol. Three drops of the laudanum can knock a human out for eight hours.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/62604https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/62604Wed, 22 Jul 2020 23:25:03 GMTAn opiate of the ninteenth century. Good times.

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