Confessions of An English Opium-Eater
Confessions of An English Opium-Eater
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But in these three theorems I believe we have exhausted thestock of knowledge as yet accumulated by men on the subject of opium.
And therefore, worthy doctors, as there seems to be room for furtherdiscoveries, stand aside, and allow me to come forward and lecture onthis matter.
First, then, it is not so much affirmed as taken for granted, by all whoever mention opium, formally or incidentally, that it does or can produceintoxication. Now, reader, assure yourself, _meo perieulo_, that noquantity... of opium ever did or could intoxicate. As to the tincture ofopium (commonly called laudanum) _that_ might certainly intoxicate if aman could bear to take enough of it; but why? Because it contains somuch proof spirit, and not because it contains so much opium. But crudeopium, I affirm peremptorily, is incapable of producing any state of bodyat all resembling that which is produced by alcohol, and not in _degree_only incapable, but even in _kind_: it is not in the quantity of itseffects merely, but in the quality, that it differs altogether.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But in these three theorems I believe we have exhausted thestock of knowledge as yet accumulated by men on the subject of opium.
And therefore, worthy doctors, as there seems to be room for furtherdiscoveries, stand aside, and allow me to come forward and lecture onthis matter.
First, then, it is not so much affirmed as taken for granted, by all whoever mention opium, formally or incidentally, that it does or can produceintoxication. Now, reader, assure yourself, _meo perieulo_, that noquantity... of opium ever did or could intoxicate. As to the tincture ofopium (commonly called laudanum) _that_ might certainly intoxicate if aman could bear to take enough of it; but why? Because it contains somuch proof spirit, and not because it contains so much opium. But crudeopium, I affirm peremptorily, is incapable of producing any state of bodyat all resembling that which is produced by alcohol, and not in _degree_only incapable, but even in _kind_: it is not in the quantity of itseffects merely, but in the quality, that it differs altogether.
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