brompton cocktail

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brompton cocktail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Brompton's mixture \Bromp"ton's mixture\, Brompton mixture
  \Bromp"ton mixture\, Brompton's cocktail \Bromp"ton's cocktail\,
  Brompton cocktail \Bromp"ton cocktail\, n. [from Brompton
     Hospital, London.](Pharmacy)
     A mixture containing morphine and cocaine, and sometimes
     other narcotic substances, such as heroin, in an alcoholic
     solution, administered mostly to terminally ill patients,
     especially cancer patients, to relieve severe pain. Its use
     is not universally accepted as good medical practice.
     [PJC]