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An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne.

  • George Cheyne
Date:
1734
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Credit: An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    allay Pain, by gently fmoothing the affl idled Part with their Hand ; which, in fome meafure, was true of the “Touching Doctor. Soft Oils, and emol¬ lient Herbs, with gentle Warmth, by relaxing the crifped Fibres, will allay (Pain. Soft -Beds and C loath s, and tepid Baths, will relax and weaken the whole Habit. Now lince Pain fo cer¬ tainly crifps up, conftridts and contrasts animal Fibres, and lince Opiates in¬ fallibly, if duly dofed, relieve and eafe Pain, 1 can fee no poffible Way it can effect that, but by relaxing and un¬ bending thefe Fibres as much, or near as much, as Pain contracts and draws them up. And that this is the real Fadt, we may obferve from many Effedls of Opiates. 1, Nothing is fo powerful, or fo certain a Diaphoretick as an Opiate. Nothing caufes fuch plen¬ tiful Sweating, efpecially if joined with Volatiles, and promoted with plentiful drinking fmall, warm Liquors. This it can do only by relaxing the Fibres of the Skin and perfpiratory Glands. 2. Nothing fo much palls the Appetite, and weakens the firfl Dige/lions, as the frequent Ufe of Opiates j infomuch, that mod: People, after a liberal Dofe of them.
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