chlorodyne, noun

/ˈklɒrədaɪn/
Forms:
Frequently with initial capital.
Origin:
Blend of chloroform and anodyne; a name coined by its South African inventor, Collis Browne.
The proprietory name of a patent medicine used (world-wide) as a narcotic and anodyne, and containing chloroform, morphia, tincture of Indian hemp, prussic acid, and other substances.
Note:
Previously widely used as a home remedy, chlorodyne is now obtainable only on prescription.
1863 Mrs Carlyle Letter. III. 158I..have been thinking of realising some chlorodyne.
1872 C.A. Payton Diamond Diggings 36Quinine and Collis Browne’s Chlorodyne are good medicines to take up.
1878 T.J. Lucas Camp Life & Sport 32Dr. Collis Browne, now well-known as the inventor of chlorodyne, that universal soother of miseries, a valuable medicine, which has indeed won him a European reputation.
1911 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Kimberley 433More I could not do, but as he was suffering from colic, left the waggon to procure chlorodyne.
1914 Farmer’s Annual 175Chlorodyne is a remedy much used in the home for many of the ills that human flesh is heir to, and it can equally well be used for the animals on the farm.
1919 Dunell, Ebden & Co.’s Price List Aug. 35Brown’s Chlorodyne.
1972 W. Martindale Extra PharmacopoeiaChlorodyne: The formula of the B.P. 1885 included 6.25% volume per volume of hydrocyanic acid. This ingredient has been omitted from the formula of the B.P.C. The synonym Tinct. Chlorof. et morph. BP85 has been retained.
1976 S. Cloete Chetoko 151He’s a bit of a doctor. ‘You can do a lot with some aspirins, Epsom salts, Chlorodyne and carbolic acid.’
1978 A.P. Brink Rumours of Rain 245All the thin bottles familiar from Ma’s dispensary: red and white dulcis and Haarlem drops, chlorodyne, wonder essence, Jamaica ginger, chest drops, cascara.
The proprietory name of a patent medicine used (world-wide) as a narcotic and anodyne, and containing chloroform, morphia, tincture of Indian hemp, prussic acid, and other substances.
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