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more fo than wine ufed to be; it having 

 carried off his headach, and the heavinefs 

 of his eyes, and leffened the pains of his 

 arms, and made him in lliort pcrfeclly 

 well, as he thought, finding more life, fpi- 

 rics, and vigour than he had ever had be- 

 fore. In about ten minutes after, he be- 

 gan to eat the other half of the opium, 

 chewing a part of it ; but the reft he made 

 •op into three fmall pills, which he fwal- 

 lowed, having confumed the whole of it 

 in about two minutes. 



About twenty minutes after this, he 

 ■was feized with a great giddinefs and con- 

 fuflon of his head and eyes, and a debili- 

 ^ty, fo that he could not walk, an uneaii- 

 nels over his whole body, and (icknefs at 

 his flomach ; he thought flafhes of fire 

 came from his eyes, and faw frightful 

 fpedlres. 



Being then fenfible that the opium 

 had hurt him, he drank ?. large drauyhc 

 of cold water, and afterwards iome warm 

 water, by which he vomited brifldy Then 

 he drank two glafies of wine and vomited 

 again, when he felt the tafte of the c{ ium 



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