Note 10 — DISSERTATION II. CONTINUED.

There are two general diseases which are connected with local actions, and which opium is supposed to cure, or prevent from taking place; the inflammatory fever, dependent on an wound, and the febrile state, consequent to a temporary increased action, or exertion of a particular part, or the whole of the system; as, for instance, the effect of parturition. The first of these is always aggravated by opium; the second, if it be not increased, cannot possibly be cured by it.