Foreign Vegetables. 373 
44 feldom obliged, fays Galen , l. 2. O# Compofi- 
lion of Medicines fecundum locos , (fpeaking of the 
Head-Ache) 44 to make Ufe of Medicines com- 
44 pofed of Opium ; never but when the Life of a 
44 Perfon is ind angered from the Violence of Pain •, 
44 and then they injure the folid Parts, fo thatCor- 
44 redtives are afterwards required. Thus Collyri- 
44 urns made of Opium have been detrimental to 
44 many, by weakening the Eye, and rendering 
44 the Sight dim ; as alfo Applications of it to the 
44 Ears, againft Pain, occafion Hardnefs of Hear- 
44 ing. For all Medicines compofed of the Pop- 
44 py- Juice are flupefadtive and benumb the Senfe ; 
44 and on this Account we are obliged to have 
46 Recourfe to them, when no other Remedy is 
44 found capable of mitigating the Diforder . 35 
Many of the Ancients, and of the Moderns alfo 
have followed Galen. Among thefe are Fernelius 
Matthiolus , Ruellius , c Tabern<emontanus J> Rhodius , Re~ 
ncdaus , Zacutus Lufitanus , Quer cet anus , Schroder , 
&cc. Neverthelefs, Diofcorides was not fo much 
afraid of its Ufe. “ Opium, fays he, taken to the 
44 Size of a Vetch produces a Ceffation of Pain, 
Ci concodts, and procures Sleep ; is ferviceable 
4 4 againft Coughing, and the coeliack Flux : But 
4C if taken overplentifully it is noxious, fince it 
44 brings on a Lethargy, which ends in Death. Be- 
44 ing mixed v/ith the Oil of Rofes it is efficacious 
44 againft the Head -Ache ; and with the Oil of Al- 
44 monds, Myrrh and Saffron, it is dropped into 
44 the Ears, when affedled with Pain. It is ufeful 
44 in Inflammations of the Eyes, with the roafted 
44 Yolk of an Egg. For St. Anthony's Fire, and 
44 for Wounds, it is mixed with Vinegar*, and for 
44 the Gout, with Woman’s Milk and Saffron. If 
44 ufed by Way of Suppofitory it caufes Sleep.’* 
Among the Moderns Felix Platerus introduced again 
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