Note 53 — A TREATISE, &c.

Paracelsus, Helmont, Silvius, and Platerus.‍—The use of Opium in the Lues Venerea is by no means a new discovery, as some practitioners have lately thought. It has had its advocates and use, like Guaiacum, and other diaphoretics. It was known to Paracelsus, Fernilius, Palmarius, Willis, Paulli, &c.