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Materia Medica

Stimulants

in every instance, we find exceptions to it in Jaundice when
billiary concretions are passing the billiary ducts. Dr Cullen
supposes opium to be usefull when the process of suppuration
is going on.

Pneumatic Inflamation.
The practice consists in reducing the inflamation, by partial
and general evacuations, bleeding, blistering, cupping &c here
opium is evidently improper, even in this inflamation some
authors advise the exhibition of it, as Huxham, Ham &c, they
all say it should be employ’d cautiously and not before the
use of the lancet, Huxham says we must use the lancet
liberally and De Haean tells us not to give opium untill after
large evacuations, in the latter stage of Pneumonia opium is
usefull with Oily mixtures, in an advanced stage of the
disease when the difficulty of breathing has abated and the urjent
symptoms are a cough, Opiates are usefull, the often appear to
interrupt expectoration, but this however only for a short time
and they sometimes appear to promote it as they cause
stagnation of what was before insensibly dissipated by frequent
coughing.

Peripneumonia Notha.
Attacking Old men opium is dangerous the proper plan of