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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

PARSSINEN, Terry M.

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1984

#10243

Secret passions, secret remedies: Narcotic drugs in British Society, 1820-1930.

PARSSINEN, Terry M.

"....The major orientation is to opium, with two chapters on its alkaloid, morphine, occasional references to cocaine, and a mention of heroin. There is an enlightening discussion of reasons for the initial acceptance…