The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Fig. 2.—Opium Poppy Capsules, &c; a, capsule showing modeof incision practised in Turkey; b, capsule as incised in India;e, nushtur, or instrument used in India for making the from specimens in the Museum of the PharmaceuticalSociety of Great Britain,. blades forked at the larger end, and separated about one-sixteenthof an inch from each other by winding cotton thread between them,the whole being also bound together by thread, and the protrusionof the points being restricted to one
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Fig. 2.—Opium Poppy Capsules, &c; a, capsule showing modeof incision practised in Turkey; b, capsule as incised in India;e, nushtur, or instrument used in India for making the from specimens in the Museum of the PharmaceuticalSociety of Great Britain,. blades forked at the larger end, and separated about one-sixteenthof an inch from each other by winding cotton thread between them,the whole being also bound together by thread, and the protrusionof the points being restricted to one-twelfth of an inch, by which thedepth of the incision is limited. The operation is usually performedabout three or four oclock in the afternoon, and the opium collectedthe next morning. In Bengal a small sheet-iron scoop or seetoahis used for scraping off the dried juice, and, as it becomes filled, theopium is emptied into an earthen pot carried for the purpose. InMalwa a flat scraper is employed, a small piece of cotton soaked inlinseed oil being attached to theupper part of the blade
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