LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 months agoI could go for that right nowpiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down13
arrow-up1473arrow-down1imageI could go for that right nowpiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squareAppleTea@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoIf we’re sticking to the early 1900s, then you’re far more likely to be prescribed Laudanum rather than leeches. Laudanum being heroin suspended in alcohol.
minus-squareNouvellalia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoLaudanum is a 1% morphine solution. Morphine is less potent then heroin. It is a different drug.
minus-squareAppleTea@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThey’re both derived from opium poppies, though.
If we’re sticking to the early 1900s, then you’re far more likely to be prescribed Laudanum rather than leeches.
Laudanum being heroin suspended in alcohol.
Eh, it’s laudable.
Laudanum is a 1% morphine solution. Morphine is less potent then heroin. It is a different drug.
They’re both derived from opium poppies, though.