The Uiifal Fou 
out of the Wound, hardens and b 
They make an inferior Kind, alfo by bruifing 
f{quéezing the Heads. Laudanum i is: a Tiné 
of this Opium made in Wine. Either one or 
other is given to compofe People to fleep, and 
abate the Senfe of Pain, they are alfo cordial a: 
promote Sweat; but 225 are to be given with 
great Care and Caution, for they are very po 
ful, and therefore they may be very dang 
-Mediéines. It is good to ftop violent Purgings 
and-Vomiting, but this muft be effected by {mall 
Dofes carefully given. The prefent Practice de- 
pends upon Opium, and Bleeding for the Cure of 
the Bite of a mad Dog: But it is not eafy to fay,’ 
that any Perfon ever was cured, who became tho- ° 
roughly diftempered from that Bite. One of the 
s rongeft Inftances we have known, was in a Per- . 
fon at St. George’s Hofpital, under the Cure of — 
Dr. Hoadly, there was an Appearance of the : 
Symptoms, and the -Cure was: ae yak this | 
: petiiod, 3 : 
a Brack Poppy. 
PAPAVER NIGRUM. 
A Tall and fine Plant, but not fo poe 
Former. It is a Yard-high.” 
round, upright, firm, and Pe rot Aes ee 
the Top divides into fome Branches. T he Lenves ec 
are long, and broad, of a bluifh green Colour 
and deeply and irregularly cut in at the Edge 
The Flowers are large and fingle : ‘They. are of ; 
dead purple Colour, with a black Bottom. Th 
Heads or Seed-Veffels are round, and of the E Bi 
~hefs of a Walnut. The. Seed is black. 
“A Syrup of the Heads of this Pappy. i 
ftronger Soporific than-the common Diacodit 
but it is not BEES: Te Sentinels of that 
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