"... prepared a hot, a very hot poultice, clapped it on and hurried out into the town, returning with a phial of Thebaictincture." --P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 171
A Sea of Words: "Of or derived from opium. The name refers to Thebes, an ancient Egyptian city, because Egypt was the source of the best opium. Thebaic tincture=laudanum." (p. 436)
"... prepared a hot, a very hot poultice, clapped it on and hurried out into the town, returning with a phial of Thebaic tincture."
--P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 171
A Sea of Words: "Of or derived from opium. The name refers to Thebes, an ancient Egyptian city, because Egypt was the source of the best opium. Thebaic tincture=laudanum." (p. 436)