A Pacific Emulsion.
Take white Poppy seed 2 drams; 1 sweet Almond blanch'd, with red Poppy water 3 ounces and half and make an Emulsion; to which add Mint water 1 dram; Diacodium 3 drams; for a single Dose.
It sooths up and composeth to quiet, the mad, raging Spirits, and perswadeth Sleep: Its more temperate than Laudanum, and lieth not so heavy on the Stomach as Diacodium.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710