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On the 19th of June last, I pounded in a marble mortar 3 Ibs.
9 1-2 oz. of leaves and stems of poppies (fapaver somniferum):
I pulled off the capsules, and saved the seed, to make that kind
of oil known in France by the name of Auile d�foillete ; the leaves
and stems had been gathered for two days; and although kept
in the shade, were much withered. I minced them very small,
and pounded them to a soft pulp, adding by little and little four
pints of water. I added also to the residuum so pounded, two
quarts of warm water; and let it stand one hour; after that, I
threw the whole mass into an iron pot, with warm water (one gal-
lon); I boiled it half an hour, the better to loosen the fecula;