Sydenham's Laudanum was a variation of a drink that had been promoted by ________ about a hundred years earlier.

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Sydenham's Laudanum was a concoction made by Thomas Sydenham, a physician in the 17th century. However, the use of opium-derived potions as painkillers goes back further, to Paracelsus, a Swiss physician in the 16th century who promoted the use of laudanum, a mixture of opium and alcohol.

Sydenham's Laudanum Was a Variation of a Drink That Had