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they become almoft neceflary, as fleep cannot be 

 procured without them. Thofe, therefore, who are 

 obliged to take opiates occafionally, (hould make 

 it a point of confequence not to ufe them except 

 when they are obvioufly neceflary, and to leave 

 them off as foon as that neceflity no longer exifts. 

 It may be troublefome at firft, but fleep will return 

 in time fpontaneoufly, if the party have but refo- 

 lution to perfevere. The long continuance of opi- 

 ates requires an increafe of the dofe, which pro- 

 duces coftivenefs, indigeftion, general weaknefs, and 

 a tribe of nervous fymptoms, very flmilar to thofe 

 which are the confequences of dram-drinking, which 

 the taking of opiates in large quantities very much 

 refembles. 



I have thus finiflied what I have to fay on the 

 ufe of the medicines, which are calculated to anfwer 

 the principal indications of cure. The reader will 

 perceive eafily that this extends only to difeafes of a 

 certain defcription, and refpects in them only thofe 

 remedies, the propriety of whofe ufe is obvious to 

 any perfon of fenfe and tolerable education, without 

 afliftance from profeflional ftudy or information. 

 I hope I have advanced nothing that is liable to 

 miflead, and I truft that what is advifed, will tend 

 to make what future medical operations may be 

 neceflary more fuccefsful. Phyficians often juftly 



lament, 



