The art of poppy culling had continued…
1629 BCE to 1486 BCE
Opium is used with poison hemlock to put people quickly and painlessly to death, but it is also used in medicine.
The Ebers Papyrus describes a way to "stop a crying child" using grains of the poppy-plant strained to a pulp.
Spongia somnifera, sponges soaked in opium, are used during surgery.