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fleep, which naturally comes on after the ceflation 

 of great torment. This is faid, in fome inftances, 

 to have produced fatal effects, the fleep proving 

 mortal. On this account it will be prudent, after 

 giving as large a dofe of an opiate as can fafely be 

 done, to endeavour to allay the pain by other means, 

 as fomentations, warm baths, &c. until the effecl: of 

 the opiate be gone off a little, and a fecond dofe 

 may be given with fafety. If the complaint be at- 

 tended with vomiting, as thofe of the nephritic kind 

 frequently are, a larger dofe may be ventured on, if 

 we find that what has been before given has been 

 thrown up -, but we mufl not conclude, that the 

 effeft of opiates is quite loft, even though they 

 fhould be rejected from the ftomach. Their flay 

 is generally fufRcient for them to ihew fome figns 

 of tfyeir fpecific qualities. In cafes where opiates 

 are proper, and where there is any great naufea or 

 tendency to vomit, it is more convenient to exhibit 

 this medicine in a folid form; and it is found by 

 experience, that the fmaller the bulk of the remedy, 

 the greater is the probability of its being retained 

 upon the ftomach. A fmall pill, therefore, made 

 of a grain of unftrained opium, without any other 

 admixture, may be ufed in place of thirty drops of 

 tincture of opium, to which it is fully equivalent ; 

 and this may, if neceflary, be repeated once in 



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