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jTecSled, the llcin fufFers in a great meafure 

 by fympathy ; fince the opium, applied td 

 the furface of the Ikin had little or nd 

 cflPecfl on the fubjacent mufcles. 



2. From the much greater efFe(5l opium, 

 in contadl with mufcles has, than when 

 applied to the found fkin over them, 

 and that it can render them paralytic, 

 without greatly difordering the refl. of the: 

 body ; we learn, perhaps, a method that 

 may foitietinies be ufeful in the treatment 

 bf obftinate fpafnls of particular mufcles^ 

 to wit, to apply the Opium immediately 

 to thefe mufcles. 



i. We fee that a rhember may recover 

 its fenfe and motion, though thefe (liall 

 have been loft^ for a confiderable time, by 

 the application of opium. 



4. When we compare this with the 

 foregoing experiment, we are at a lofs to 

 determine, whether opium, received into 

 the ftomach and inteflines, leffens the 

 mufcular power of thofe bowels more than 

 bf the other organs of the body. For, on 

 the one hand, the villous coat refembks. 

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