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IV. Of the Vfe if the Turke.- 
By Dr. Edward Smyth, F. R. S. 
it >| Y Refide^^^^ m turkey having given mean op- 
Llf4 poftvtoU^^ my felf, how far the 
7«r^i are gone into cjbe ilfe of Op'tum, and what arc 
the common. Effeds of. it^ I humbly prefume to of- 
fer A^^copnt ^q^ my, Obfervations to the So- 
InftJe E^qtri^ for ^he mofl famous 0//«wf Eater in 
the CQuntry about Smyrna^ ; and had recommended to 
me one Jkl^ 'an Inhabitant orSeJijui, a 
Village Six Trade a Cof- 
fee-man, and ^'orty five Vears Old when I Difcourfejl 
with him : Going into the Subjed: for which I had 
called him, he told me his Conftant , Eating was 
three Drams a Day of Crude Opium, one half of which 
was his Dofe in the Morning, and the other half in 
in the Afternoon, but that he could fafely take dou- 
ble this quantity. 
-Refblving therefore to be an Eye-witnefs of what 
he could do. I provided the beft Opium I could get^ 
and weighed it nicely into Drams ; I defired him to come 
to me before he had taken any part of his Dofe, and 
that I would entertain him the next Morning ; he took 
the Invitation thankfully, and came to me the next day, 
.Sif Nine in the Morning, but excafed his having takea 
half ^ B ram before, betaufe He wanted Strength to rife 
out of his Bed without it. I laid before him my Opi- 
um made up in Pills, each weighing a Dram, and de- 
fired him to eat what he pleafed ; he took one Dram 
and a half, making it up in three Pills, and chewing it 
with a little Water 3- he commended the Opium, but 
