Chlorodyne was the name for one of the most famous patent medicines sold in the British Isles. It was invented in the 19th century by a Dr. John Collis Browne, a doctor in the British Indian Army; its original purpose was in the treatment of cholera. Browne sold his formula to the pharmacist John Thistlewood Davenport, who advertised it widely, as...
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• (n.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.
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Chlo'ro·dyne noun [ From
chlor ine, in imitation of ano
dyne .]
(Medicine) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.
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Chlorodyne is a mixture of hydrchloride of morphine, chloroform, ether, prussic acid, treacle, extract of liquorice, oil of peppermint and syrup formerly used in medicine to treat severe diarrhoea, colic and coughs, as an analgesic and to induce sleep.
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