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moderately drank. It diffipates Cares and Sad- 
nefs, and oftentimes renders the Mind more alert 
in the Performance of its Offices *, whence, for the 
mod Part, fucceed Boldnefs, Self-Confidence, For- 
titude, Magnanimity, and Contempt of Dangers. 
It is for this Reafon that the Turks take a large Dole 
of Opium before they engage in Battle. It calms 
the inordinate Motions of the Blood and Spirits, 
aflwages Pains, alleviates the Fatigues of the Body, 
flops Hemorrhages arifing from an Effervefcence 
of the Blood, and checks, at leafl for a Time, all 
other Evacuations, except Sweat and infenfible Per- 
fpiration, which it promotes. It makes the Pulfe 
great, high, and flow ; occafions Drynefs of the 
Mouth, and in the Skin rednefs and a flight Itch- 
ing } increafes the Seed, and dimulates the vene- 
real Appetite, efpecially if drank in a large Dofe. 
It takes more Effecd in a warm and moid Seafon, 
and in Bodies of a lax Texture, as in Women and 
Children. 
There are other Effe 6 ls of Opium in a proper 
Dofe, which frequently follow, though not con- 
flantly. Thus, it often caufes Sleep, but not al- 
ways; for fome after taking it deep lefs. For the 
moil Part it raifes agreeable Dreams or Imaginati- 
ons. It quiets Vomiting, and the Hickup, and 
fometimes excites them ; as alfo Spafms and con- 
v-ulfive Motions. It retards the Conco<5tion of Food 
in the Stomach, and lefiens the Appetite ; fome- 
times promotes the monthly Purgations of Wo- 
men, and thofe after Delivery, when fupprefied by 
an Erethifm and Convulfion of the Fibres ; fome- 
times helps the Exclufion of the Placenta ; is often 
conducive to the Expulfion of Gravel and Stones ; 
provokes Sweat *, Hays fome Hemorrhages ; aug- 
ments the Milk of Nurfes ; and occafions fome- 
times an Intumefcence of the Breads, Ere&ion of 
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