and
the Japanese, when under an extraordinary dose of opium, become
frantic, and rush about, stabbing the objects of their hate, whilst
shouting as they run— " A mok ! " " A mok ! " (" Kill! " " Kill! ")
Another
grand remedy with Paracelsus was Turbith mineral, (the yellow
subsulphate of mercury). In his early manhood he had mixed much with
the miners of Hungary, and Germany; thus becoming acquainted with the
virtues, and medicinal effects of various Minerals, and metals. He
thereby learnt to employ mercury (likewise in small pills) frequently,
with curative results. " His famous laudanum did such wonders," says
Mr. Eobt. Boyle (1670), " that Operinus himself hath this passage of
it:—Be Laudano suo (in filulis instar murium stercoris) ita
gloriabatur ut non dubilarit afjirmare ejus solis usu se e mortuis
vivos reddere posse ; idque aliquoties dum apud ipsum fui, re ipsa
declaravit."
Reverting
to Carbon; medical experimentalists of another school have indisputably
brought about beneficial, and curative results by administering
vegetable charcoal, carefully and patiently triturated, until the
millionth of a grain, and no more, was the dose taken at stated
intervals.
The
charcoal used in this way has been made from wood, of the poplar,
beech, or birch trees. Doses of the said remedy, given thus
infinitesimally, will act dynamically rather than as if merely
chemical, or roughly medicinal.
"
One of the results," says a physician, whilst employing the
highly-attenuated charcoal, " coincides singularly with its chemical
action when given in bulk. I mean, its power over flatulence, whether
existing alone, or associated with acidity, and heart-burn ; it
