What Is the Opium Trade? (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Matheson, Donald

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ISBN 10 : 1330142381 ISBN 13 : 9781330142387

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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As so little is known by the public generally on the subject of the trade in Opium with China, and as erroneous and exaggerated views have been put forth in the absence of correct information, it is hoped that the following plain statement of facts may not seem uncalled for at the present time. The first inquiry which naturally suggests itself is, What is opium-smoking, for which this extensive trade exists? OPIUM-SMOKING, then, is not, as some suppose, similar to tobacco-smoking, where the smoke is merely taken into the mouth and forthwith puffed out again. In the case of opium, the fumes are inhaled into the lungs by a deep-drawn breath, and retained as long as possible. There they act on the nervous fibres that are spread over the extensive membrane which lines every cell of the lung, and the effect of this process on the human system is even more injurious than that of eating opium. In proof of this it may be stated, that the regular smoker in China arrives at the same stage of delirium by the use of about one-third of what is required by a regular opiumeater in Turkey. When a Chinese is about to partake of the indulgence, he retires to a private apartment, and, reclining on a couch, takes his pipe, made for the purpose, and placing upon the bowl of it a little opium, about the size of a pea, he sets it *Dr. Smith, while at Smyrna, took pains to observe what the doses of opium taken by the Turks in general were. He found that three drachms in a day was a common quantity among the larger eaters of it, but that they could take six drachms a day without mischief. About the Publisher. Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330142381
• ISBN 13: 9781330142387
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 26
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