Volume 1

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

  • John Jones
Date:
1701
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Credit: The mysteries of opium reveal'd / by Dr. John Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C H A P. XXXVIII. Of the Vfe of the Panacea, See. as a Ti- t illative, THis it does (as was (hewn) by its Volatile Salt, as C ant bar ides y Beesy Pifmirey Sem. Virih &c. Therefore, I. It is of great ufe to excite to Ventry, cattfe Kre- Bionsy to adtuate a dull Setnen for the fake of law¬ ful Propagation, 2.To increafe the Semen * 1 .By the Tit ill at ion of the Venereal Parts, which invites it thither by the Agi- ■> tation thereof, as Fricatiqn of the Breafis, and thofe Parts, caule Increafe of Milk and the Semen, 2. By the Pleafure thereof relaxing the Parts, which caufes a greater Flux of it, (as of Milk to the Breajhy and Nourifhment to any Part J It is oblervable how defirous Rachel, being Bar* ren, was of the Opiate call’d Mandrakey {la that iha parted with her Beloyed Husband to her Siller Leah for a Night to purchafe it: Whether it was any means to caufe her to Conceive, which Ihe did afterwards, is not to be determined, thef i§ feems not altogether unlikely? 3. Its Ufe to increafe Milk is fpoken of in tha Chapter of its Ufe to Relax , only it does it here as Titillating, and there as Relaxing. 4. It conduces, to 'move the Afanfes by Its Xitilr l at ion.