A lecture on the preservation of health / By T. Garnett.

  • Thomas Garnett
Date:
1800
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Credit: A lecture on the preservation of health / By T. Garnett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    when a perfon has ufed himfelf to thefe ftimulants for fome time, the ordinary powers which in common fupport life, will not have their pro- per effedts upon him, becaufe his ex- citability has been in fome meafure exhaufted by the ftimulants. The fame holds good with refpedt to tobacco and opium ; a perfon ac- cuftomed to take opium will not be affedted by a quantity that would completely intoxicate one not ufed to it; becaufe the excitability has been fo far exhaufted by the ufe of that drug.