poppy. 77 



Opium in the crude state is rarely to be 

 trusted to ; but, when prepared and corrected 

 and administered with judgment, it proves a 

 medicine of singular efficacy. Galen con- 

 vinces us that he was very cautious in the 

 use of opium ; as he tells us, that opium used 

 by itself was fatal, but, when prepared with 

 other substances, a salutary and beneficial 

 medicine.* 



Were we to relate all the fatal effects that 

 have happened to the human species by the 

 improper application of opiates, we should 

 have to give melancholy extracts from the 

 works of every medical writer of eminence; 

 and as our object is to please as well as to 

 caution, we shall close the drowsy subject 

 by referring our readers to their separate 

 medical friends for an account of the good 

 qualities of a drug, which we deem too dan- 

 gerous to recommend the tampering with. 



The Oeillette, or the small poppy, yields a 

 very fine oil, in many instances of so good 

 a quality as to be used for salads. 



# De Theriaca ad Pisonem, chap. xiii. 



