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Credit: A letter to a doctor of physick concerning diascordium, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A letter to a doctor of physick concerning diascordium, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![[ 21 ] Walheus (Meth. Medendij p. 314.) faith, Hydropici unius grani Opii exhibit tone mo- riuntur, one Grain of Opium is enough to kill a Man in a Dropfy ; which Afiertion, I grant, may be a little too general and bold ; yet, duly limited, hath fomething of Truth in it, Sennertus approves of Diafcordium in a Coma ; only the Opium in it is quite wrong, and cannot be allowed. And in this our Age of Phyfick, feeing li¬ quid Laudanum is in all our Shops, we have the Convenience and Liberty of adding, up¬ on occafion, juft as much of it, as we judge needful; and therefore, I give my Vote, to exclude Opium out of the Competition. To this I have a mind to add, that 1 ne¬ ver approved of giving !Paregorics, in very minute Quantities. Sylvius indeed fell into a Singularity of or¬ dering in aimoft all Cafes, and Prefcripts, pet¬ ty inconfiderable Doles of it. (L. z. c. z6) Dnufquifque iterati fepius^ & inculcati met moniti memor fit, Qpiata ufur panda ejje quantitate minima ; & par tit is pot ins ex- hibenda vicibus, qudm fimul, & femel. Om¬ nibus enimj qui hoc meum fcquentur monir turn, tut am, citam, jucundamque audeo pol¬ ite eri *P rax in. Let every one be mindful of this ray often repeated, and frequently inculcated Admoni¬ tion , to give Opiats in the fmalleft Doles; and 0](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30354134_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
