Laudanum
Laudanum was a drug.
Opium could be mixed with brandy to make laudanum. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors [+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"])
The Sixth Doctor had a pill that he picked up as a hangover cure from Zanthas IV which successfully counteracted the effects of laudanum in 1782. (AUDIO: Catch-1782 [+]Loading...["Catch-1782 (audio story)"])
Both Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley used laudanum, sometimes in large quantities. (AUDIO: Mary's Story [+]Loading...["Mary's Story (audio story)"], The Silver Turk [+]Loading...["The Silver Turk (audio story)"])
During the Crimean War, Dr Henry Finch intended to give Corporal Roberts laudanum for his seizures. (AUDIO: The Charge of the Night Brigade [+]Loading...["The Charge of the Night Brigade (audio story)"])