NARCOTINE

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) A crystallized substance, obtained by digesting the aqueous extract of opium in ether, and evaporating the ethereal solution. It was discovered in 1803 by Derosne, and supposed to be the narcotic principle of opium; but this has since been shown to reside more exclusively in morphia, and narcotine is po e ed rather of stimulant qualities, and is the cause, perhaps, of the excitement which opium occasions. It consists of 65 carbon, 5^60 hydrogen, 2*50 nitrogen, and 27 oxygen. [s. 819]