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might receive, and control the refractory, which 
may refuse to fall in the ranks and obey the 
movements prescribed to each company—that of- 
fice I shall assign to sedatives. 
It has been discovered by the researches of 
Saturnier Derones and Majendie, that the narcot- 
ic principle of opium is separable from the other 
principles of that substance; and they have gi- 
ven to this principle the name of narcotine. De- 
prived of this principle, opium becomes a different 
remedy, and much of the incon venience and distress 
vented. - ; : i ae 
For further details on this subject I refer you 
to the outlines of the lecture on opium. 
The practical application of the subjects of the 
preceding remarks, to the treatment and cure of 
diseases, it is impossible to set forth in the abstract 
general view of the whole aggregation, for rea- 
medical use will be more properly and e 5 
shewn, in the discussion of the ‘peculiar proper- 
ties and effects of the individuals constituting this 
group. ‘This point will be attended to in the lec- 
