Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 337
ation, and when used by ordinary people (not demoralized creatures), it does little harm. Opium is the juice of the common poppy, and de-rives its name from the Greek opos, juice. The plant is cultivated in India, Persia, and Turkey. After the poppy has flowered the natives go round, and with a… … The Poppy. STARCa. i;t The juice is then placed in pots, dried, and sent for export.The construction of opium is very complicated, for itcontains a number of ingredients, the most importantbeing morphia, narcotine, meconic acid, and codeia. It isto the first-named constituent that the somnolent…
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