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, "? rnc< ^-'’’ anf l may be associated with acetate of lead (notwith-

„ ?• hflTri chemical objections to the mixture) with good effect.

Pain 0 Purification .—When mortification is attended with excessive'!' r Q. )iu j auai * s resorted to. In that kind of mortification called gan-kUrjjjg eniils 7 which commences without any visible cause, by a small"Inch S ^ 0t -° n l ' le toes > heels* or other parts of the extremities, andl\>tt ^imes arises from an ossified condition of the arteries, Mr.

3 s hinu]*t” ^7’>) strongly recommended opium, in conjunction withgreat effic U3 ^ l^ an treatment, and experience has fully proved its

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^'seases^f Ve nereal diseases. —Opium is frequently employed in venerealfion • , lo Prevent the action of mercurials on the bowels during saliva-'li S( . aS( , So 1° allay the pain of certain venereal sores, and venereal^t)ti- Vp ° ’l' 6 bones. By some it has in addition been employed as anvol. j \ e *ealremedy; and, according to Michaelis (Med. Communications ,H° atlt ‘ others, with success. Moreover, it is stated by Dr. Ananian,liabjt ^. actl * e( l at Constantinople , that those persons who were in thel l, is S(;ss la hing opium rarely contracted the venereal disease. But opiumV 110 s l ,e cific anti-venereal powers (Pearson, Observ. on the Effectsh'areq ° t * M ' °f ^ ie Mat. Med. in Lues Ven. p. 57. 1800). It has ap-s °res 0 nie ’ 011 several occasions, to promote the healing of venereal

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0piu ' an °us forms of ulcers, and in granulating wounds, the efficacy

t-Cul o/ ,U 7 , las been satisfactorily established by Air. Skey, [On a new Me-f. reatme nt employed in the Cure of various forms of TJlcer andv ol. x a ln 9 Wounds. Lond. 1837). Richter (Comm. Soc. Scient. Gott.^°bced ■ n< ^ ot hers (see Ploucquet’s Lit. Med. iv. 214,1809), had alreadyl 'ou .J'-s good effects; but their statements had attracted little atten-°Ut q le r ' Crant (Lond. Med. Journ. vi. 5. and 130), in 1785, pointedMfli a i e . fflc acy of opium in the treatment of foul ulcers, attended•* ^orfii i- ( !‘ sc b a rge, and much pain. He ascribed these symptoms toir| ulcer lrrital)i lity,” which the opium removed. Its use is prejudicial^ Cra inem atteil ^ e< ^ inflammation, in the florid or sanguineous tem-ple,] ’ at >d in childhood. But in the chronic or callous ulcer, in the so-^ rQ ce e ,j ari ? ose nicer, in recent ulcers (from wounds) in which granulation®'°vvly, or in other cases, the efficacy of opium, administered ines|)p SeS ’ ^ as ten drops of laudanum three times daily), is most rnani-, 11 in elderly persons, and in those whose constitutions have

! J proi n } ltat ed by disease, labour, spirituous liquors, &c. It appearsN anq l * le most genial w-armth, to give energy to the extreme arte-ever lere ^A 1° maintain an equal balance of the circulation through-a<!; dtliy °1 the body, and to animate the dormant energies of

U}^ e ' xferna l application of opium is comparatively but little re-s *’8lit. ’ au( l for two reasons: in the first place, its topical effects arefc ‘ not > s econdly, its specific effects on the brain and general systemt| a % ex ead ^ produced through the skin. Aconite and belladonnai/ 6 Wa] Ceec ^ °plum in their topical effects. The following are some of' a ° the US ° S °pmm :—In ophthalmia, the wine of opium is dropped

'^Vul a 3 e "' len there is excessive pain, (see Vinum Opii). Ina joul sores, opiates are used with occasional good effects.