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Hoffman's drops: tags: [Rx]

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a poisonous mixture of ether and alchohol that was a popular painkiller, sedative and soporific drug of the 19th century. According to Wikipedia:

During the second half of the 19th century, ether was in vogue as a recreational drug in some places, becoming especially popular in Ireland, as temperance campaigners thought it was an acceptable alternative to alcohol. Indeed until 1890, when it was classified as a poison, more than 17,000 gallons (77,000 L) of ether were being consumed in Ireland, mostly as a beverage.

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and went on tiptoe through the half-open door into the sitting room, where there was a smell of vinegar and Hoffman’s drops.

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 11 (Book Eleven) . Simon & Schuster

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