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A47063	The mysteries of opium reveal'd by Dr. John Jones ... ; who, I. Gives an account of the name, make, choice, effects, &c. of opium, II. Proves all former opinions of its operation to be meer chimera's, III. Demonstrates what its true cause is, by which he easily, and mechanically explains all (even its most mysterious) effects, IV. Shews its noxious principle, and how to separate it, thereby rendering it a safe, and noble panacea, whereof, V. He shews the palliative, and curative use.	Jones, John, 1645-1709.	1700 (1700)	Wing J976; ESTC R1624	200,674	381

any regular Thinker without my Help but all are not such and the Prejudices general and inveterate and of some thousands of Years standing having continued through all Ages to this day and I would fain quite put out this false Light that like Will of the Wisp has brought many a Man into the Pit of Destruction or Grave while Physicians were guided thereby Therefore it being no slight Work to undeceive many and a very good Work if possible to undeceive all I will left what I have said be not sufficient to that end add somewhat more to the same purpose though I doubt some will not be convinced till I shew them how Things while at Stomach may cause all the Effects of Opium by a sensible Operation without the Help of Fumes Vapours Effluvia's Aura or any any such thing which have been the Asylum of the short-sighted that could see no other Means and therefore as was said concluded Things must be as they thought presuming that nothing could be that they did not see A special Inference and a very improving one which must cause People never to seek for any thing For why should they that think there is nothing but what they see look any farther To proceed then 14. It is agreed on all hands as I take it That the Animal Spirits are not generated till there is an Appulse of the Bloud at the Brain Can it therefore be imagined That Indulgent and Wise Nature should contrive a speedier Way to destroy diminish or disable the Spirits by Fumes and Vapours out of the Stomach than to generate them These are not the Ways of Equal Nature which destroy● and generates by the same Road so that if Animal Spirits are generated by the Bloud they are diminished by some Defect therein as want of Matter in the Bloud for that purpose the Bloud not arriving at the Brain and the like Note That I spoke in the last Paragraph of diminishing or destroying not bare disabling the Spirits for the Spirits or sensitive Soul may be depressed or disabled for some time and excited or elevated by other means than that of the Bloud as by Pleasure or Displeasure Ioy or Grief c. Thus good News or the Pleasure of any of the Senses enliven invigorate or elevate the Spirits or sensitive Soul in a moment this is the way that God has provided for us upon sudden Exigencies Deliquiums Lepothymies c. and thus Cordials work so speedily as you 'll find hereafter so may there be a sudden Depression of the Spirits as by ill News Pain c. which if you 'll be pleased to remember will much illustrate Things hereafter 15. The ordinary Strainers of the Body are so ordered that they will not admit Particles of another Figure especially if larger than the proper Particles much more should it be so with the Principal Strainer of the whole Body I mean the Brain both for its safety and of the whole which depends upon the Animal Spirits that are strained or separated from the Bloud in the Brain therefore the Particles of Opium which are esteem'd gross by all however are more so than the most tenuious Animal Spirits cannot enter into the Pores of the Brain to diminish or disable the Animal Spirits in case its Fume arrived there 16. It was never the Method of Nature to send Things crude unprepared and undigested into the inmost and principal Recesses and Parts of the Body without passing gradually by the several Digestions Concoctions Changes Percolations Circulations c. preparatory thereunto therefore it will not permit crude and indigested Fumes any access to the Brain till they have as it were performed their Quarentine elsewhere nor will Nature which always acts consentaneous to it self provide any Passage for such rude and crude Foreigners and Strangers to ravage the principal Part of an Animal 17. They cannot pass by the Arteries which carry nothing out of the Stomach but all into it or towards it and that with a violent Motion which opposes any thing that would pass that way 18. Nor by the Veins which carry nothing into the Brain but if they enter'd the Veins at Stomach they must thence pass into the Right Ventricle of the Heart where being rarefied by Heat they must take up much room and sadly discompose the Motion of the Bloud and also enter this principal Part in a crude condition tho' much better able to bear them than the Brain then must they pass into the Lungs where you may be sure they will be so saucy as to take up the uppermost Room and how they will be brought down again into the Left Ventricle of the Heart which they must vouchsase to do before they can get into the Brain none can tell There then must they stick and cause an Asthma unless the Man has the good Luck to be rid of these Rov●rs by ●thing and then Joy be with them as there wi● be when they are gone they are lost and never arrive at the Brain And if it could be conceived that they condescended to come down from the Lungs contrary to their Levity which is not to be thought what Pranks must they play in 〈◊〉 Left Ventricle of the Heart and what at 〈◊〉 considering it cannot bear the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 has been shewn whereas in this Case there must be a continual Stream thereof and consequently a discontinuance of the Bloud and its Motion See then how little Thought they must have that assert it is convey'd with the Bloud either to the Veins or Arteries 19. Nor by the Lympheducts for then they must contrary to their natural Levity descend into the Receptaculum Chyli and out of the Subclavials into the Right Ventricle of the Heart and afterward run all that wild Risque mentioned in the last Paragraph which was shewn to be impossible 20. Nor by the Nerves for then they must either run up in the Road of the Animal Spirits or in some By-way If they passed by the Road of the Spirits then must the Spirits be stopp'd for that time which is no short one and we suffer a Paralysis of the Stomach all that time or be much disturbed and interrupted then should we have Convulsions or at least some degree of a Paral●sis of the Stomach And if they passed by some By-way or Road besides that of the Animal Spirits then must it be a full or an empty one if full that Humour as suppose a Succus Nutricius for once must be disturbed and discontinued as the Animal Spirits were shown to be and if empty it would follow that Nature had void and useless Ducts which none ever had the Folly or Confidence to assert or that Nature contrived them for that purpose which is as has been shown directly against its Methods and Advantage But after all whither would you have them march in this By-Road for they could not mix or communicate as good Luck is with the Spirits and if they did it is

by squeezing in some Cases and stop it by shutting the Pores in other Cases 10. It is by it that Contraction that Fear Cold c. closing the Pores and repelling the Bloud stanch Bleeding So happens also a greater Contraction of the Pupil of the Eye by the same Cause 11. It is the Violence of this Contraction upon Fear Terrour Pain Cold c. closing the small Vessels of the Animal Spirits and thereby repelling them causes the Shivering in those Cases by the Renitency of the elastick Animal Spirits springing back again toties quoties having gain'd more elastick Force by the very Compression it self which that Contraction causes so that by reason of the dubious velitation or skirmishing between the repelling Contraction and the springing Spirits happens a tremulous Motion as of quavering Springs which Shivering in Ague-Fits did formerly lead me to the Situation of the Cause of Agues when I writ my Book De Febribus intermittentibus in the Angustiae at the end of the Vessels which terminate in the Membranes the grievous Sensation of which causes all the Shivering that happens in any Case to Animals 12. By the same Contraction when very violent and of the whole Body cold Sweats happen in Pain Fear Terrour c. while it violently squeezes out the outmost and therefore coldest Moisture of our Bodies as Laundresses do Water out of wet Linnen by Contortion Thus if you dip one half of a wet cold Sheet in hot Water wrapping the hot side within the cold or let a warm Sheet that is contorted cool on the out-side of it and then wring it as Women do Linnen the Water that first exudates will be cold for in this Case the closing of the Pores avails nothing to hinder it as long as the expressing Force masters it more especially in Animal Bodies wherein the Parts are so contrived that Humours design'd for Exoretion cannot well return and therefore must upon Contraction run out Hence it is that Alum or Vitriol which are very astringent and therefore close the Pores will notwithstanding cause the Mouth or Nose to run very plentifully with Moisture by contracting all the Membranes about the Mouth or Nose and thereby squeezing out the Moisture design'd to be excern'd which cannot return because the Parts are contriv'd against the return or readmittance thereof whereas Alum or Vitriol will stanch or stop Bloud by the same Contraction because it may return as not being design'd to be excern'd either into the Arteries and so pass by other Branches thereof or which is more ready and natural keep its course into the Veins So the two Riddles that I have known some Proud Physicians amaz'd at tho' but Trifles of Alum and Vitriol causing the Spittle c. to come out instead of stopping it by their Astringency and their stopping Bloud at Nose at the same time they cause the Snot or other Humours to run out are unfolded 13. It is by this mighty Contraction growing to an enormous degree that the Animal Spirits being violently compressed grow exceeding irrequiete as upon Convulsions in great Pain or very grievous Sensation at Stomach c. while the sensitive Soul compressing them with mighty Force and somewhat disorderly and unevenly because of the Confusion and Hurry he is in to relieve the Animal they by their springiness fling up and down with great Vigour This makes convulsive Motions have great Strength 14. The Body under this Contraction is manifestly shrunk by measure especially when the Sensation is very grievous but most of all if they cause a general Convulsion which I manifestly observed in a little Bitch that was convulsive all over for three Hours and was just expiring when I gave her the Sal Volat. Oleos of Opium which perfectly restored her by relaxing the Vessels Some may think it strange That Nature should contrive a more nice and smart Sensation which the Contraction of the Vessels of the Animal Spirits must cause by compressing them c. in Pain and by it which becomes so much the more acute whereas one would judge That Nature would rather contrive its Ease than improve its Smart You are to know That the Pain is in order to relieve the Animal by exciting all its Powers to defend expel or reject the Cause and that without a grievous Sensation the sensitive Soul is neither minded nor excited to do it and the more the Pain is the more it is stirr'd up to Self-preservation and as was shewn the more vigorous do its Motions grow by the Compression of the elastick Spirits to perform that Work so Nature not regarding the Pain which is rather for good as much as taking away the Cause advances that for this Purpose like a wise Physician who finding a Grievance at Stomach not sufficient to excite effectual Vomiting to throw away the grieving Cause adds to the Grievance by giving a Vomit which because as was said Nature is proportionably excited to and invigorated for Self-preservation sufficiently sollicites and enables it by a stronger Contraction to reject the grieving Matter As the greater the Relaxation is the more is the Rest of all Parts and the weaker the Anim●l Spirits because less compressed the gentler are all Motions as you see in Sleep consequently the less is the Expence of Spirits so that in Sleep we generate more than we spend and are thereby recruited So the more the Contraction is the more violent is the Motion of the Heart Intestines and of all Parts and consequently the Expence of Spirits is the greater Therefore it can be no Wonder That Contractions do cause great Commotions of Spirits Diary Fevers c. when you consider 1. That the sensitive Soul is by the grievous Sensations c. that cause them put upon a great Fret Concern and Hurry to defend the Animal and lays about him all manner of ways for Self-preservation 2. That the Animal Spirits are by means of great Compression caused by the defensive Contraction in a very forcible Springiness which causes all the Actions that are continual involuntary and of course to be perform'd with great Violence proportionable to its compressed Elasticity Besides that 3. The Systoles of the Heart are o●tener repeated All which conspire to cause greater Commotions upon grievous Sensations whereby Diary Fevers c. are caused which are easily and naturally cured by Sleep or Relaxation at present compose and quiet those Perturbations Who knows tho' it is not my Business to discuss it at present but that the Contractions in the cold Fits of Agues have a great hand in causing the hot ones How otherwise should Opium by only taking away the grievous Sensation of the cold Fits take off or prevent the hot Fits also But of this in my often-mentioned Tract though not so often as it grieves me that it is not published How reasonably may we now expect That pleasant Sensation may cause quite contrary Effects to that of grievous Sensation viz. Relaxation and all its Effects

contracted it is round even polite and truely represents Things 11. Deadness of the Eyes to the View is as has been shewn from the Laxity of the Cornea which makes it flag lie loose look dully and not duely reflect a smart and brisk speck of Light as it does when tense round and polite by its Contraction on the contain'd Humours which then duely fill it 12. Faltring of the Tongue is from the same Relaxation as in Drunken Persons 13. A Sopor is from the same Relaxation over all the sensile Parts of the Body by which Means Sense and Motion are diminished or lost by the Expansion of the Animal Spirits which as has been said being not duely compressed become unfit for both at the same time 14. A slow and wide Pulse is from the same Cause because the said Relaxation permits the Arteries to widen and the Animal Spirits to expand and consequently renders the motion of the Heart slow which is the cause of the Pulse 15. A high Colour or Efflorescence of the Skin has been explain'd 16. Looseness of the Iaw and Lips is from the same Relaxation as was shewn and so is 17. Intumescence of the Lips as has been shewn 18. Difficulty of Breathing may be from Two different Causes either by the Relaxation weakening the requisite Motions for want of Compressure of the Animal Spirits and by the Flaccity of the Parts themselves Or by a great Grievance at Stomach upon the Account of the Rosin sticking to it and causing a Convulsion of those Parts both which may happen 19. Fury and Madness may also happen either by the exalted Pleasure of its Titillation as in Drunkards who therefore scarce know what they do the Mind being as was said alienated Or it may happen as I have often known a kind of Madness to be produc'd by a great Grievance at Stomach which may well be from the Rosin grieving and teazing the nicely sensile Stomach They may be easily distinguished one viz. that from the Rosin at Stomach being with great Distresses Anxieties Convulsions c. and the other without any 20. Venereal Fury proceeds from the high Titillation of the Venereal Membranes by the Volatile Salt of so much Opium as if Cantharides Bees c were taken internally but that these cannot so agreeably titillate those Parts as Opium does whose Volatile Particles are render'd more pleasing by oily ones and therefore much of the Nature of Semen Virile 21. Priapisms are caused by the same continual Titillation 22. Violent Itchings of the Skin are caused by the same tickling Volatile Particles in great Abundance proportionable to the excessive Dose 23. Nauseas are caused by the Rosin sticking at and soliciting the Stomach to Vomit 24. Swimmings in the Head are by conse●it because the Stomach is grieved by that Rosin as is observed in many Cases from a grieved Stomach upon a Tendency to Vomit as when it is overloaden with Wine or indigestible Victuals or when Persons are Sea or Coach-sick c. for it is not in these last Cases because the Brain is offended as People imagine that they are Sick or Vomit but the Swimming in the Head and Offence of the Brain happens because the Stomach is offended by the Motion of the Coach or Ship by Reason of its most exquisite Sensation which the Effluvias of a Cat pestiferous Particles and Commotions caused by mear Passion can and do offend as was said so as to cause Vomitings Anxieties c. much more then may the Motion of a Ship or Coach do it I shall not here enter into Controversie with those that assert That it is the Head is first offended in a Coach or Ship it is sufficient for my Purpose that Grievances at Stomach do commonly cause Swimmings in the Head for taking off those Grievances cures them as Eating when it is from the Grievance of Hunger or Wind at Stomach and discharging the Stomach of a great Load of Wine Ale or indigestible Matters when such Things cause it do cure such Swimmings in the Head The Way how Grievances at Stomach do cause those Swimmings is by causing a Contraction as all Grievances do but especially those at Stomach of the Membranes of the Brain as it does of all other but mainly of these because very sensile by which means the Animal Spirits being compressed grow more irrequiete and skipping up and down and the Compression not being continually alike in general or the Arteries affording an uneven and forcible supply of them or Fumes from the Bloud by the Compression nor affecting all Parts of the Brain with equal Force because the Pleasure endeavour to relax c. there must thence arise Eddies Vortices or Whirls thereof which cause Swimmings Vertigo's c. according as they happen to be moved That they happen from such Contraction is manifest 1. Because the Grievance at Stomach can add nothing else to the Brain or its Membranes 2. Because they are taken off by pleasing the Stomach and consequently by Relaxation as by a Glass of Wine Victuals an Opiate that is not resinous c. It is here well worth your notice That all consent of Parts a Thing much admir'd is only by Contraction or Relaxation which suddenly affect the whole Systeme of the Nerves and Membranes 25. Vertigo's are from the same Cause 26. Vomitings are caused as was said by the great Grievance of the acrimonious Rosin sticking to the Coat of the Stomach 27. Hicconghs are from the same Cause which happen upon the decay of Power vigorously to Vomit dwindling into those fruitless Convulsive subsultory Ier● or Half Endeavours 28. Distresses and Anxieties must necessarily attend such a grievous Sensation and Desection of Natur● Endeavour as being overborn and disabled to work for it self 29. A turbulent Pulse must be an Effect of the foregoing Tumults 30. Convulsions happen as was shewn by the enormous Compression of the Animal Spirits by Reason of the violent Contraction upon the great Grievance by the Rosin at Stomach which causes them to skip and fling up and down very forcibly under the squeese of the Compression and possibly skirmishing under the Vicissitudes of it and Relaxation 31. Faintings and Leipothymies are caused as has been explain'd by the sensitive Soul's being over-tired by the Fatigue of Defensive Contraction and yielding himself to Rest from all Contraction as the last Relief c. whereupon Sense and Motion do fail for want of Compression to render the Spirits springy active and fit for the Purpose 32. Cold Breath is but a necessary Consequence of the Loss of Motion and therefore of Heat by such Leipothymies and Faintings 33. Death is caused Two manner of Ways that is either by an utter Expense of Spirits and thereupon a Dereliction or Extinction of the sensitive Soul by reason of those Distresses and Fatigues upon the Account of the invincible Rosin Or by too much Relaxation disabling all the motions of the Body as in such as dye being dead Drunk