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pital, as it conftantly fucceeded his morning vifnai 

 to the fick. 



III. Inebriantia. 0,R'Alander. 1^62. 



Inebriant$ are almofl univerfally derived frotr^ 

 vegetables. They are defined hy our author to 

 be fuch things as affedl the nerves in a particular 

 and agreeable manner, and through them alter and 

 difturb the fundions of the mind. They are pro- 

 properly divided into native and artificial \ the for- 

 mer chiefly in ufe among the oriental and other 

 nations, the latter principally throughout Europe, 

 Of native Inehriants the following are enumerated, 

 and the mode of adminiftration and effedls of 

 them defcribed. 



1. Opium ; in ufe all over the Eaft, aqd of whiqh 

 the Turks^ through cuftom, fwallow a drachm. 



2. Peganum Harmala^ Sp. PI. 638. Syrian Rue. 

 The feeds are fold in Turkey for this purpofe; and 

 with thefe, as Bellonius relates, the T* urkijh Emperor 

 Solyman kept himfelf intoxicated. 



Majlac^ of the ^urks^ or Bangue^ of the Per^ 

 fians \ prepared from the duft of the niale flower of 

 Hemp^ or from the leaves. 



4. Bangue^ of the Indians.^ from the leaves of 

 the Hibifcus Sahdariffa^ Sp. PI. 978. 



5. Seeds of various fpecies of the Datura^ or 

 I'horny Apple^ of which fee Rumph. Herb. Amb, 5. 

 P- 243- 



6. Pinang^ or Betle of the Indians. 



7. Roots of Black Henbane^ (Hyofcyamus Niger ^ 

 Sp. PI. 257). 



8. The 



