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complained to him chiefl/ of a weaknefs 

 ana wind in his llomach ; however, he took 

 neither the vomit nor rhubarb, but only 

 the bark, which had the effe^5t to make his 

 belly loofer, and to mend his appetite a 

 little. About the beginning of April, he 

 begin to have a flight pain in the region 

 of the kidneys, and a pain in making wa- 

 ter ; his urine was thinner than ufual j but 

 no fand or ftones appeared in it. 



Kavivg read in a Magazine that the 

 Turks ul'ed opium for railing their fpirits, 

 and that they took it in large quantities 

 with H very good efiecl, and, not fufpecl- 

 ing any danger from it, he refolved to try 

 it in nearly the lame dofe which he found 

 mentioned there. Accordinglv, he bought 

 three dofes of crude opium of a drachm 

 each, and, on April 8rh, about two o'clock, 

 afrer having eat a bafon of broth to dinner, 

 he fwallowed a half of one of the dofes, 

 having firll chewed it well : Then he eat 

 a bit of boiled beef, unfalted, without 

 drinking any thing above it. About half 

 an hour after taking the opium, he found 

 it extremely agreeable and cordial, even 



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