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24. 



In the year 17'Ju, .shortly l>cf.iv the liisr edict against Opium->mokmg, a Mlic*luor 



Uiiiuiii in 1723. 



medical work was published with t!. Chi-ytn-UangJang (&!&.'%*: U 



NII.N ll>i YAO (4 $3^', a liannerman in Peking of high rank and great inllucnce 



in his day. He places among his prescript ii-ns a pill called \\'<in-ijin<j-t<ui (ft ft ;jj), 



ini mixed with l>c. .nphor, and other drugs, 13 in all. He states 



it rould cure the diseases of all seasons, including fevers beginning with chill 



j-hmi). epidemic lever, heat apoplexy (chni/-/<hu, severe or slight), paralysis, 



headache, slight fever, vomiting with diarrhoea, ague, pain in the heart, abdominal 



pain, and the like. Two pills are prescribed for severe cases, and one when the 



attack is slight : they are to be taken with cold water. 



I!.- .:!-,, recommends a plaster called Y ii-clu'n-kao (ft 9, fc), to be attached at 

 the navel. It adds to the vigour of the body and saves it from decay, warms the 

 kidi" ngthens the loins and knees, removes cold and wet chill, with all 



abdominal pains, and is useful for healing all sorts of affections to which men and 

 women are subject. It is made by mixing Opium, musk, //ang-ch'i-shih (fi& jt O : 

 nlilianuin, cloves, and the like; 14 other drugs are added. By gradual decoction 

 it is prepared for use and employed as required. There is another prescription, 

 called the Pcw-yang-ling-kuei-shen-fany (ffc <ff ft jpf #), or marvellous recipe of the 

 efficacious tortoise for the preservation of health ; it is formed by mixing Opium with 







cli'an-su (a medicine made of the oily part of toads) and such things, and adding 33 

 other kinds of medicine. It is prepared with oil for use. 



25. 



There is a work on Formosa called Tai-hai-ts'ai-ftng-t'u-k'ao ($$ J$ A %), KM- 



imok 



which was published in 1746. It contains extracts from earlier works, and among *'" nno *- 

 them one by a native of Peking named HUANG YU-PU (J| 3s B), who was at some 

 earlier date sent to Formosa and wrote an account of what he saw there, which 

 published under the name Tai-hai-shih-ch'a-lu ( J & ft | $$). He gives the follow- 

 ing statements from this work on the subject of Opium-smoking. Opium for smoking 



* Kindly lent by Dr. DUDCEOS. 



