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J///)' 20/^. He k now perfedly well, in good fpirits, 

 and finds no inconvenience from his preceding ficknefs, 

 aor any mifchief from the amazing quantity of opium he 

 has fwallowed down. It is to be noted that from the i6th 

 he was put upon a courfe of nervous pills ex G, Affafa^tid, 

 and Cinnabar of Antimony without any opium. 



Left any perlbii fliould imagine the opium which was 

 made ufe of in this cafe, might not be goodj I think pro- 

 per to add that it was frefli, and appeared to be very good, 

 being procured from Meffrs. Beaven, Druggifts in Lon-- 

 don; and that it always anfwered to the ufual efi^eds of 

 opium in the common dofes, in every other inftaace, hav- 

 ing made fuiEcient ufe of it in my practice, to be certain 



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n account of the effects of the STRA 

 or Thorn-Apple, by Benjamin Rusii, M. D 

 for ofChymlfiry-i in the College of Philadelphia. 



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WAS called to a child, (between three arsd four years 

 old) a few days ago, which appeared to be ill with a vio- 

 lent fever, delirium, tremors in her limbs, and a general 



eruption on her fkin, accompanied with a confiderable 

 fwelling, itching and inflammation. As the feafoafor in- 

 flammatory difeafes was now over, (it being the beginning 



of Auguft) and as I had neither feen, nor heard, of any 

 cafes which bore the leaft refemblance to this in the city, 

 I acknowledge I was much furprifed at it, and knew not 

 what caufe to call in, to account for a fever attended widi 

 fuch acute fymptoros, at a time of the year, when moft of 

 people, efpecially children, were fubjeft to complaints of a 



cry different nature 



As her pulfe was pretty full and 



very ClUIClv^iit iiatuiw. ^a^ j-ivi. ^^wi^v wtit* ^i^.^^j x^u.^ auu 



ftron«', I immediately ordered her to loofe a liiilc blood, 

 and *^ave her a few laxative medicines. Befides thefe, I 

 ordered her to be put into a warm bath, and recommended 

 the application of ftimulating cataplafms to her feet. The 



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