Laudanum
Laudanum — the numbing draught — often touches a weakness of will and the danger of being unduly swayed by others. The dream may ask where you're letting yourself be dulled or led, what determination you need against another's influence, and whether you're reaching for something that soothes by deadening rather than truly easing.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for laudanum, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream that you take laudanum, signifies weakness of your own; and that you will have a tendency to be unduly influenced by others. You should cultivate determination.
To prevent others from taking this drug, indicates that you will be the means of conveying great joy and good to people.
To see your lover taking laudanum through disappointment, signifies unhappy affairs and the loss of a friend.
To give it, slight ailments will attack some member of your domestic circle.