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a remarkable proof in the operation of opium, we fhall not be 
furprifed at the different operations of Tea. 
“¢ If to this we add the fallacy arifing from the condition of the 
Tea employed, which is often fo inert as to have no effects at all ; 
.and if we ftill add to this the power of habit, which can deftroy 
the powers of the moft powerful fubftances, we fhall not allow | 
the various and even contradictory reports of its effects to alter 
‘our judgment, with refpe& to its ordinary = more general 
qualities in affeQting the human body. 
** Thefe, from the experiments above mentioned, aid from the 
obfervations which I have made in the courfe of fifty years, in 
all forts of perfons, I am convinced that the oanees of Tea are 
' narcotic and fedative. 
‘* It has been often alleged, that fome of the bad effets “imputed 
to Tea are truly owing to the large quantity of warm water which 
* commonly accompanies it ; and it is poflible that fome bad effects 
may arife from this caule: but from attentive obfervation I can 
affert, that wherever any confiderable effeéts appear, they arein 
nine of every ten perfons entirely from the qualities of the Tea ; 
and that ‘any like effeéts of warm water do not appear in one of 
a hundred who take in this very largely. 
‘< But while we thus endeavour to eftablith the poifonous nature 
of Tea, we do not at the fame time deny that it may fometimes 
fhow ufeful qualities. It is very poflible, that in certain perfons, 
taken in moderate quantity, it may, like other narcotics in a 
moderate dofe, prove exhilirating, or, like thefe, have fome effect 
in taking off irritability, or in quieting fome a eee of the 
nervous fyftem. — 
“© As its bad effeéts have been often imputed to the warm water 
that accompanies it, fo we have no doubt that fome of its good 
effeéts may alfo be afcribed to the fame caufe, and “xtigerrn # its 
being fo often grateful after.a full meal.’’* 
= Mat: Med. vol. 2. +P» 309. 
No. 10.—-Patt IL. 2H WINTERA 
