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Urrie it <1Uanlit y °f opium diminishes the excretion, while at the sameHie hi ( j lna ^ es this fluid turbid and thick. This does not, however, provefit. t° he the part affected. Sprccgel (cited by Christen, op. supraUrijjg _ 1 tells us, that wlien he gave two scruples of opium to dogs, noof tll j s ' as Passed for two days; and, under the influence of two drachms^Otyed 11 }*^ 0 * 116 ’ t ^ le ur i ne was retained for three days. But dissection( ler Vv the kidneys had not ceased to secrete urine, since the blad-least s -S * 0Ur, d distended with this secretion, and its parietes without theC011 tractility on the application of nitric acid; so that it*ibl e a f 1 P ear the non-evacuation of the urine was referriblc to the insen-^hecl Paralysed condition of the vesical coats, and not to the dimi-’icefl ’ Ul ' lnar y secretion. Charvet (op. supra cit. p. 221) has also no-h 0 ln , < 0 o s > cats, and hares, that the urinary bladder was distended.Mii} e . Vvever , in man, opium usually increases the cutaneous exhalation,l htnsf e D r '^’" -o.;.. snot observed, we must be careful in

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."ever, in man, opium usually increases me tuwnun.i, ^-,

■ a plfler mammals this effect was not observed, we must be careful in? r< W f 111 ? our conclusions with respect to the influence of opium on one0 animals to another order. n "‘ t nmrlit. to add, that Welper, of

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ie 'fin : , Ulimals to another order. But I ought to add, that Welper, of^alg, ’ a ' va ys found the bladder filled with urine both in man and ani-"tia ar n s °nie morbid conditions of system, opium certainly checks thes ®cretion. This is decidedly the case in diabetes, (see Prout,’|’]i e ° * ie Nat. and Treat, of Affect, of the Urin . Org. p. 74, 2nd ed.)piffled p reter . s an d bladder have their sensibility and contractility dirai. y opium. With respect to the effect on the first of these parts,0 l’itiTu - enieilt seems proved by the well-known beneficial influence oflc ’>to , ln - CaSRS where calculi are descending along these tubes. Theain * s frequently relieved, and the ureters relaxed, so that largellggi re so >netimes allowed to descend from the kidneys along them.l'i ( icu C( f S *^ e observations of Sprocgel, before referred to, we have other11 ^Oinp , 0 ^' ^ >e Paralysing and benumbing effect of opium on the bladder.

i. tlie bladder has been found

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^ )e Ui i aSCS poisoning by this substance, the bladder has been found* U to contract on its contents. In some other instances, thel|r iii e r °f the bladder has been paralysed, and in consequence thet^V’ii. ‘^'oifled involuntarily. (See Lond. Med. and Phys. Journ. vol.ptbiej. j i and xxxi. 193; and Lond. Med. Lev. for 1811, p. 371).

r . jj .. las also noticed the same thing, and quotes the experience of,||() re jj \ to the same effect. The effect of morphia on the bladder isT| ar ve d than that of opium.

on the effect of opium on the urinary organs lead to the following

/,'^e of, ! n diminished sensibility or contractility, or both, of the ureters or bladder,T|| a 'J Pu,,n ' s ohjectionable.

f t L'fy c,f |-|’ u, ’der proper regulations, opium may he a valuable remedy to dull the sen-^lii Ration oAh V ' S k'dney, ‘ ll cases of renal calculi; to allay pain and produce

l,s l> irritap ” S llreters when calculi are passing along these tubes ; and lastly, to di-^ 1011 °f the bladder, whether produced by canlharides or other causes.

,J^ ie Sexual System, (a.) Of men .—Opium has long been cele-i . ail( j we are [ 0 ld that the Japanese, Chinese ,

and Turks, use it as such. Among other

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1( lia lls ai i aphrodisiac ; ant' V, . tl lHon ers ’ ans > Egyptians, ana tu iks, a»c n clj

•j 55 . 0 *' ex citement produced by the habitual use of large doses of

hi v eu 1S 110 ^ improbable that there may be a heightened condition of° 0(1 p 610 ^ feelings, in consequence of an increased determination of“‘at part of the brain supposed to be devoted to the sexual4 o