In these Inftances the arterial Blood did not During this Torpor the IRRITALE PRINCIPE To accelerate which, however, the Patient ought to be exposed, 1ft. To fresh Air, or what would be still 2d. To vital Air, 3d. The Face should be sprinkled with Vinegar, PAGE 4th. And the Hands may be rubbed with cold Water, A Fact to prove that IRRITABILITY is accu {A SECT. LII. VOL. III. ib. ib. 623 mulated during the Operation of Terror, ib. OF ASPHYXIA FROM OPIUM. NEW DISCOVERIES are refifted, Ift. From PREJUDICE, which actuates little Minds, 2d. From SELF-LOVE inherent in great Minds, The Attention of Physicians has deservedly m 625 ib. Nevertheless Nevertheless its Mode of Action has been vio lently difputed, PAGE 625 { Some deem it, 1. Altogether fedative, 2. Others ftimulant, and 3. Others both ftimulant and fedative, - ib. This Controverfy appears to have its Rife from the different Effects which takes place according as it is administered, A COMPARISON betwixt the Effects of Opium and Wine, 1. A fmall Dofe of either is STIMULANT only, 2. A larger Dofe is both STIMULANT and SEDATIVE, and 3. A more confiderable Dofe is almost im- Thefe Obfervations are proved by an Experiment on a Frog, The next Enquiry is by what Channel does Seeing the Errors that great Men have been in we ought not to rely too much on Authority, ib. 626 627 ib. 628 A Conjecture that many Poifons act by de- Experiments to prove that the Poison of the VIPER does not act through the Medium of the Nerves, 1. The Nerves going to the Leg of a Rabbit being divided, it became paralytic and infenfible, ne- vertheless it communicated the Effects of the Poi- 2. When the Nerves only were covered with the Venom, it produced none of the Symptoms of the 3. On the contrary, when the Veins and Arteries going to the Leg were intercepted, the Infertion ib. At the End of ten, fifteen, and twenty Minutes, BOTH NERVES had equal Senfibility; that is, He injected OPIUM under the Skin of the Leg - But if he intercepted the Veins and Arteries OPIUM acts equally on the vegetable Tribe, as is proved by Drs. GIRTANNER, GAHAGEN, ib. ib, ib. This Opinion first fuggefted by Dr. BEDDOES, an enlightened and reformed Syftem of Phyfic will foon, perhaps, fatisfactorily Two very striking Cafes to illuftrate THIS SUPPOSITION, ib. ib. 637, 638 |