Sedating someone 1600s

I imagine they would not have injected someone and that possibly opium might have been used.

I have a character that a doctor believes needs to be sedated to stop self or harm to others and wonder if they were to forcefully do such a thing, if perhaps they would use a cloth and something?

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I might need to rethink my question since Susanna's reply.

I also just realised I'm talking 1690s.

If we had a doctor who believes someone is in great stress due to the loss of someone and in turn threatening harm to themselves or others, would they be inclined to think of the person being in pain like we might now? And therefore give them something like a "a stiff scotch" or something to calm them or was that something that they might only used if operating or something.

I have a character that would not by choice take anything in liquid form for fear of them trying to poison her, but with something like a spirit, they could have someone else try it first.

They are not going to want to physically hurt her, nor is cost an issue in using or gaining anything that might be used as medicine

Thanks Susannah, I just added to my first post.

I did come across how they might treat someone with a mental illness, and if I can't find a way for them to sedate her, I might need to just move her to another room and rewrite some scenes where I had assumed they would give her something to calm her down.

M Louise that's interesting. Thank you!

AW Admin said:

Syrup of poppies (opium derivative)

https://www.opioids.com/timeline/

http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/Ni-Ra/Opium.html

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Now that is interesting.