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u The use of it, as Galen, in his ii booke of medicines accord- 

 ing to the places affected, saith, is so offensive to the fir me and 

 solide partes of the bodie, as that they had neede afterwards to 

 be restored. 



" So also colliries or eie medicines made with Opium have 

 beene hurtful to many; insomuch that they have weakened the 

 eies, and dulled the sight of those that have used it ; it bringeth 

 hardness of hearing whatsoever is compounded of Opium to 

 mitigate the extreme paines of the eares. Wherefore all those 

 medicines and compounds are to be shunned that are made of 

 Opium, and are not to be used but in extreme necessitie ; and 

 that is, when no other mittigator or assuager of paine doth 

 anything prevaile, as Galen, in his thirde booke of medicines 

 according to the places affected, doth evidently declare. 



" The leaves of Poppie boiled in water with a little sugare, 

 and drunke, causeth sleepe ; or if it be boiled without sugar, 

 and the head, feete, and temples bathed therewith, it doth 

 effect the same. 



" The heads of Poppie boiled in water with sugar in the 

 manner of a syrup causeth sleepe, and is good against rheumes 

 and catarrhs that distill and fall downe from the braine into the 

 lungs, and easeth the cough. 



The green knops of Poppie stamped with barley-meale and 

 a little barrow grease helpeth St. Anthoneys Fier, called 

 Ignis sacer. 



In many parts of India, Opium is presented at visits and 

 entertainments in the same familiar manner as the snuff-box in 

 Europe. There is in that country a class of persons who carry 

 letters and run with messages through the provinces, with no 

 other provision than a piece of Opium, a bag of rice, and a pot 

 to draw water from the wells. These men perform journeys 

 that would scarcely be credited in this country. In the same 

 manner, trackless deserts of the different countries between the 

 Indus and Mediterranean are traversed by foot- messengers, by 

 the aid of this druer* with a few dates nerhans. ami a ™#»™» rsf 



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