OF POXGLOVE. 5 
fmall dofes of opium, fo as to reftrain its action on 
— the bowels. us 
In the fummer of the year 1776, 7 ordered a 
quantity of the leaves to be dried, and as it then 
became potlible to afcertain its dofes, it was gradu- 
ally adopted by the medical hia itoda in the cir- 
cle of 1 my acquaintance. 
In the month of Movember 1777, in confequence 
of an application from that very celebrated furgeon, 
Mr. Ruffel, of Worcefter, I fent him the following 
account, which I choofe to introduce here, as fhew- 
ing the ideas I then entertained of the medicine, 
and. how much I was miftaken as to its real dofe.— 
Bes | two ee will Eevee or Ere excite z a naufea. 
‘* T have fometimes ufed the green leaves gathered in 
‘* winter, but then 1 order three times the weight; 
** and in one inftance I ufed three ounces toa pint 
= joven beiene:§ the defired effect took p: place I 
