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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    It I S' wftdlefi, and a Kind ol Impertinence, to de* fcend into 'Particulars in the JJfe of a Panacea, Therefore having* fhown how ic operates hy'mvD gorating Nature, caufing Euphory... Eaje^ Sleeps n* ffhmg all Humoursy ( as a general Menfrmtm^ or Alkahefi ) congregating the good, ffparatmg^ and carrying off the bad Particles, &c. it feiTuins' only, that I fhew you how to ufe ic, as to F&rm^ Doff3 &c. leaving the Adminiftration thereof ia particular Cafes to Thyficians, therein concern’d. I. The Form, that I mainly approve of to alter, is the Liquidy becaufe the [olid is- in feme Meafnre, ( tho’ not much ) impair’d by the E'uapmtlm to the due Ccnfijhme, and does not conflft ©t the fineft Parts., as the liquid does. II. ThpDofe may beat firft about 20 'Dreps^d* ding a Drop to every Doff, till the Difteiaper is la good meafure abated ; then let the lame Momber of Drops be .continued till the Perfbn is well, and afterward abated by a Drop every Day till yon come to ten, or lefs, or to inch an moonMmMc Doffy that you can find no Effed at all Note, That tho’ I am cautious in the Dofmg till trufty Experience gives more AffFrmce3 yet do I believe that no Inconvenience will he found by far greater Doles, if by any, unlefs very excdfive, as X or 2 Gallons of Wine is in relped of a Pint, which in fuch Dofes may be, and is injurious. Such as have Tain to be taken off, moft ufe it as is dire&ed in the Chapter of its Uff to take away f**ny gradually encreafing fo as to keep it off, and when the Cure is in great Meafure periornpd, rauft continue and decreafe as is afore-laid 5 the likels co be laid as to Fluxes, ; - *« '• : * i .. i' (>. *•: IE Th?. S •: • . . \ 1