. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. voyages in the time of Sol-omon, bringing home gold, precious stonesand fine wood (Z Kings IX, 26-28; X, 11;II Chron. VIII, 18). Some authorities be-lieve that it was situated in the Arabia;others think it was in India or Africa, OPHTHALMIA, of thaVme a. See Con-junctivitis. OPTHALMOSCOPE, an instrument forobserving the internal structure of the consists of a mirror, by which light froman artificial source is directed into the ey
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. voyages in the time of Sol-omon, bringing home gold, precious stonesand fine wood (Z Kings IX, 26-28; X, 11;II Chron. VIII, 18). Some authorities be-lieve that it was situated in the Arabia;others think it was in India or Africa, OPHTHALMIA, of thaVme a. See Con-junctivitis. OPTHALMOSCOPE, an instrument forobserving the internal structure of the consists of a mirror, by which light froman artificial source is directed into the eyeof the patient, and a double convex lens, bywhich the illumined parts of the structure ofthe eye are magnified, in order that they maybe more easly examined, the observer lookingthrough a hole in the center of the light is usually placed to the side of andslightly behind the patients head, OPIUM, the dried juice of a species ofpoppy, used in medicine, by the dissolute asan opiate, and well known in many places asan ornamental garden plant. Commerciallyit is of more importance than any other is a powerful narcotic, and is used in med-. OPIUM POPPYa, whole plant; b, flower and leaf; c, ripecapsule; d, seed and its section, enlarged. icine chiefly to procure sleep and to bringrelief from pain. It is often used in theform of laudanum, and is an ingredient ofmany patent medicines (see Morphine), OPORTO 2665 OPOSSUM The juice, which is procured by making anincision in the green head or seed capsule ofthe flower, flows out in the form of amilkyliquid; soon it hardens and turns black. Itis then scraped off and dried thoroughly, andnext goes through a kneading process and ismolded into cakes or balls for the market. The agreeable effects produced on the sys-tem by opium have tempted many personsto form the opium habit. Evil effects asserious as those of excessive alcoholic drink-ing follow over-indulgence in opium. Thehabitual use of opium is most common inChina and
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