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Art. VII. 



The EffeBs of a very large Dofe of Opium, hy 

 the late Dr David Clerk Fhyjtcian 

 in Edinburgh, 



A . B. aged 28, of a middling flrength, 

 and of a melancholic temperament, 

 enjoyed very good health till about the 

 month of January laft, when, on account 

 of fome private affairs, his fpirits began to 

 fink, and he was feized with a giddinefs, 

 headach, and weaknefs of his eyes. He 

 became likewife troubled with pains in 

 both his arms, extending from the elbows 

 to the fhoulders, the affected parts having 

 a fenfation of fulnefs, as if they were like 

 to burft* Thefe pains were worll when 

 out of bed, efpecially when in exercife. A- 

 bout the middle of February he applied to a 

 furgeon-apothecary in town for relief, who 

 ordered him a vomit, a dofe of rhubarb, 

 and fome dofes of the bark, he having 

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