Name: Laxative Anodyne Drink
Ingredients: 1 pint linseed oil; 2 teaspoons opium; 6 drams sweet spirit of nitre; 4 oz warm water

Laxative Anodyne Drink

Ingredients

1 pint linseed oil
2 teaspoons opium
6 drams sweet spirit of nitre
4 oz warm water

Directions

Combine linseed oil, opium, sweet spirit of nitre, and warm water in a container.
Stir well to mix all ingredients thoroughly.
Serve as needed for inflammation of the bowels.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.