morphia

noun

1. (countable, dated, uncountable)Synonym of morphine.

   “The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.”

   ““Die? Yes, they’ll all die—all these men. No bandages, no salves, no quinine, no chloroform. Oh, God, for some morphia! Just a little morphia for the worst ones. Just a little chloroform. God damn the Yankees! God damn the Yankees!””