IN SINGAPORE 
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thousand pains racked his limbs, and a gnawing he felt in lus sto¬ 
mach, as if it was another vulture preying on his intestines, life was 
to him no object, his wish was by lying exposed to the suns rays ei¬ 
ther to die or get mad, and the Malays had several times to remove 
him under a shade. By means of wine and tobacco we kept him up, 
though with some difficulty, until we reached a China Banksall when 
he got a supply of Opium and renewed his life. 
Eighteen months ago a Malwa Opium merchant was w recked on 
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the coast of Cochin China, for weeks he subsisted on a little dry rice 
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and water, as his caste would not allow him to cook his food under 
the circumstances in which he was placed, and such was the strength 
of mind of the man that lie would have starved rather than have vio¬ 
lated a tittle of his religions views; he wished to give up Opium, but 
here the strong man was weak, the iron nerved man was pliant as a 
womans will to his habit, and altho lie had tried several times to give 
it up, being fully aware of the evil it was doing him, yet such was 
the misery that the temporary relinquishment caused, that he as 
often returned to it. He came to Singapore and hearing that I could 
by a wonderful medicine enable the Opium eater to throw off his ha¬ 
bit, he applied to me, and I consented to cure him on the mutual 
understanding, that he was not to suffer the racking pains in his 
bones, and gnawing anguish at his stomach that he formerly had when 
he gave it up, while I stipulated that he in every thing w'as impli¬ 
citly to obey my orders in eating and exercise, and not to be dis¬ 
couraged by a slight feeling of uneasiness, and by no means to touch 
Opium. He took 40 grains of solid Opium daily, 20 in the morning 
in the shape of 2 pills, and *20 before his evening meal, at these times 
I ordered him to begin with Battley’s sedative solution , . I dram 
tincture of Opium .. . . . . . . .. 1 dram 
tincture of gentian , . . . . . .. .. *2 drams 
distilled water .. .. . . .. .. .. ly oz. 
to be washed down with 
essence of ginger 
. . 1 dram 
an aromatic stimulating tincture 
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.. . . 2 drams 
water .. . 
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. . . . 1 ounce 
