morphia
Americannoun
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Carrington lived for half a day in what must have been awful pain, apologising to her aghast friends through a haze of morphia.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2010
However, the action of both heart and lungs improved, and Van Helsing made a subcutaneous injection of morphia, as before, and with good effect.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
But even morphia could not fully dull the horror of this event.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Japan agreed to prohibit the export of morphia to China, a prohibition to which the other powers had previously agreed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
In all cases where blistering is employed it is advisable to adopt the simultaneous use of hypodermic morphia or atropine; this combination of remedies is exceedingly powerful.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
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