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and the like. Mix’d with 
warm Water, and taken 
inwardly, it vomits ; and 
therefore is ufed againft 
Poifons. Schroder fays , 
that in Wejiphaita they u- 
fually give Oil daily, with 
hot Beer, to thofe that are 
wounded ; and they take 
fo much of it, that their 
very Sweat fmells of it. 
A Toaft dip’d in Oil, 
and well moiften’d with 
it, and taken daily in the 
Morning, keeps the Body 
open. All forts of In- 
feds being befmear’d with 
Oil, die prefentlv : The 
Reafon is plain , for it 
ftops the Pores whereby 
they breath. Oil cleanfes 
the Hands from Pitch, and 
Clothes when they are 
pitch’d. 
£>ptiimTee&, white of 
Poppies, in the Firft Part of 
this Herbal. Opium is a 
Tear which deftils of it felf, 
or by Incifion of the Heads 
of the Poppies. ’Tis found 
frequently in Greece, in the 
Kingdom of Cambaia, and 
the Territories of Gmnd- 
Cairo in Egypt. There are 
three Sortsofit, the Black, 
the White, and the Y cllow. 
The Inhabitants of thofe 
Countries keep this Opium 
for their own ufe, and fend 
us only the Meconium, 
which is nothing elfe but 
the Juice of the Poppy- 
heads, drawn by Exprei- 
fion ; which is not near lo 
good as the true Opium. 
The belt Opium comes, 
from Thebes , or elfe from 
Gy and-C air 0 : Chufe it black, 
inflamable, bitter, and a lit- 
tle Acrimonious. Its Smell 
is difagreeable and ftupe- 
fadive. Extrad of Opi- 
um is made in the following 
manner : Cut into Slices 
four Ounces of good O- 
pium, and put it into a 
Boult-head ; pour upon it a 
Quart of Rain-Water well 
filter’d, ftop the Boult-head, 
and fetting it in the Sand, 
give your Fire by degrees; 
then incrcafe it to make 
the Liquor boil for two 
Hours ; ftrain it warm, 
and pour it into a Bottle ; 
take the Opium which re-, 
mains undiflolv’d in the 
Rain-warer, dry it in an 
Earthen Pan, over a fmali 
Fire j and putting it into a 
Matrals pour upon it Spi- 
rit of Wine, to the heighth 
of four Fingers ; ftop the 
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