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f>N TRS HABlTTTiX VS1 Ot OPIt'Rf 
This he repeated twice daily for gome time, in the place of hi* 
forty grains ot Opium. $ he was ordered at the same time to take gea- 
tie walking exercise morning and evening. To his astonishment this 
medicine answered all the purposes of the Opium, at the same time 
he was not racked with the pains which he had experienced, when 
he tried on former occasions to give up his dose, and in addition ho 
felt stronger, able to eat more, and altogether much improved. He 
continued this course of medicine. 1 daily diminished the quantity of 
Battley and tincture of Opium, but increased the bitter Tincture of 
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the first bottle, and the strength of the second bottle, until at last he 
had given up the use of the smallest quantity of Opium, while the 
place of the bitter tinctures was gradually taken by a decoction of 
Black pepper, Ginger, and Quassia, saving thus the sin of drunken¬ 
ness ; and 12 months after I had the satisfaction of receiving his sa¬ 
laam from Bombay, and of knowing that while he never touched 
Opium, he enjoyed the best of health, 
The only other instance to my knowledge of a voluntary relinquish¬ 
ment of the drug, was in a cooly in my employment, wlio gave up 
opium for the charms of arrack, preferring the cheaper luxury of the 
two. by which he said he was a great saver, as he could for 4 fanams 
get druuk on arrack, while it cost him 8 to do the same with opium, 
1 have already mentioned that a female with the faeileness peculi¬ 
ar to her sex sometimes devoted herself to opium, but could give it 
up for the sake of arrack. When under confinement, the criminal if 
he has friends to supply him, never gives up the habit; but wanting 
these and funds, he is obliged to relinquish the drug, when, if death 
does not ensue, great misery is experienced; but ultimately the re¬ 
sult of his involuntary temperance is health and mental vigour. Se¬ 
veral criminals from necessity having given up the Chandu, use the 
Tinco dissolved in arrack as a preventive to their great miseries, and 
this answers well, In fact, many medicines]can be advantageously em¬ 
ployed, if the following principles are kept in mind. 
First.' That it is impossible with safety to give up the habit at 
once, for this reason opium or its preparations must be administered, 
at first nearly in equal quantity to what the patient was in the habit 
