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Antidote for Laudanum

Instructions

When so large a quantity of laudanum has been swallowed as to produce dangerous effects, the fatal drowsiness has been prevented when all other remedies have failed, by administering a cup of the strongest possible coffee. The patient has revived and recovered, and no ill effects have followed.

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Source

Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840).