Opium is the only drug to be rely'd on—all the boasted nostrums only take up time, and as the disease [is] often of short duration, or of small quantity, they have gain'd credit which they do not deserve.


Quoted in Desmond King-Hele, Erasmus Darwin: A Life of Unequalled Achievement (1999)

Erasmus Darwin Quotes

Opium is the only drug to be rely'd on—all the boasted nostrums only take up time, and as the disease [is] often of short duration, or of small...

Opium is the only drug to be rely'd on—all the boasted nostrums only take up time, and as the disease [is] often of short duration, or of small...

Opium is the only drug to be rely'd on—all the boasted nostrums only take up time, and as the disease [is] often of short duration, or of small...

Opium is the only drug to be rely'd on—all the boasted nostrums only take up time, and as the disease [is] often of short duration, or of small...