English opium. : The large silver medal was this Session given to J. W. Jeston, Esq. Surgeon, of Henley on Thames, for his improvements in the method of collecting English opium. ...

  • Jeston, J.W. (Surgeon)
Date:
1823
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Credit: English opium. : The large silver medal was this Session given to J. W. Jeston, Esq. Surgeon, of Henley on Thames, for his improvements in the method of collecting English opium. ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    crop. The beginning of April I had it sown a second time, and this also failing, owing to the great dryness of the season, I planted half the ground with potatoes, which pro¬ duced a tolerable crop. The poppy plants which succeeded grew this season from two to three feet high, and had not more than two or three capsules, whereas some plants that had stood the winter, had from six to ten capsules, growing from five to six feet high; they came into bloom in May, and afforded a very abundant supply of opium, clearly proving the advantage of the autumnal sowing. The following table will show the quantity of opium that was collected from this acre, and the short time which it produced opium. The plants came into blossom the middle of June, and I began to collect the opium on the 28th. 1822, Bottles. Ounces of Opium. June 28, Three boys collected 15 containing 22\ 29, Four do. 23 do. 341 CO o V# Sunday. July 1, Four boys do. 26 do. 39 2, do. 15 do. 22f 3, T wo do. 12 do. 18 4, do. 11 do. 16{ 5, Wet. 6, Two boys part of a day 7 do. lOf 7, Sunday. 8, Two boys collected 10 do. 15 9, One boy do. 5 do. 71 10, do. 5 do. 7k 11, do. 4 do. 6 12, do. 3 do. 41 13, do. 2 do. 3 13 Days collecting 138 Bottles 207 Ounces