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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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    where there is no Vomiting, then Laudanum will difperfe fooneft through the Habit ; becaufe Liquid, and joined with a fpirituous Vehicle, will foonefl effedt the Defign, raife the oppreffed Spirits more, and penetrate deeper and quicker. In common Cafes, a vinous Vehicle will be lufficient ; becaufe Opium is bell; dillolved in Wine, to make Laudanum, There are Four Cafes, in which ’tis abfolutely and eminently neceffary ; the Colick the Stone ; the hard Labours, After-birth, and Monthly lluggilh Purifications of the Sex, efpe-> dally if attended with violent Pain, as is common in luch Cafes ; and in the Gout and RheumatiJ'm. In the Firfl, it ought always to be given with fome Stomach-Purge, as Elixir Salutis,, or Tincture of Hiera Picra, with Syrup of Buckthorn, and in thofe of more tender Bowels, with TinSlure of Rhubarb ; efpe- cially if the Colick is in the lower Bow¬ els, and attended with no Vomiting j in which Cafe an artificial Vomit is to be premifed, if Circumftances forbid it not. In the Stone, it ought to be given with Oil of fweet Almonds, or in fome loft Emuljion, to lubricate the Parts. In the Two lajl Cafes, it ought always to 1 be
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