Volume 1

The mysteries of opium reveal'd / by Dr. John Jones.

  • John Jones
Date:
1701
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The mysteries of opium reveal'd / by Dr. John Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5. That p in < Paptlio, Mia ted tew Pavilion, C VrapofituS) ^ v in LProvoffi, Which changing of b and /> to ^ nuift doubdels happen in other Languages, as well as thole I mentioned, becaufe the of ^ is lo much eafier, and fleeter, than either *, yet like them in found* But the found of b is more like that of v, be- caule the found of both are vocalised, which that of p (as has been laid) is not; fb that b and v agree exactly as p and f; This makes the Egy** ptians fay Theves for 'Thebes, as the Arabians lay Of am for Opium. Who knows, but this may be the caufe why P is a kind of fhut F, and F a kind of an open P ; for fuppofe P opened at the round part, to fignifie that the Lips are not clofed in founding F, and that the lower llroak or part be left ihorter, to fignifie that the lower Lip is drawn inward in founding F, the P becomes a perfed F. The Reafons why the Opium, that came from Thebes, (now called Theves) was, and is the beff, are, 1. That Thebes (or Theves) being in Egypt * lies in a hotter Country, that is, nearer the Line (or Equator) than any of the Countries on the North-fide of the Mediterranean • for it is oblerved* that the Beat of Climates contributes very much to the Strength of Opium, which is weaker if you make it in England or Germany, than in France • in the Northern Parts of France, than in Languedoc, which borders upon the Mediterranean; and weaker there than in Smirna, Natolia* Aleppo, B 4 „ and