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An opium den in France with smokers lying in beds being attended by Chinese men. Colour halftone, c. 1983.
Date: 1907Reference: 25069i
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Morrison and Hobson Families
Morrison, Robert, 1782-1834.Date: 1807-1963Reference: MSS.5827-5852 & 7127
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A history of intoxication : opium in Assam, 1800-1959 / Kawal Deep Kour.
Kour, Kawal DeepDate: 2020
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Five months on the Yang-Tsze : with a narrative of the exploration of its upper waters and notices of the present rebellions in China / by Thomas W. Blakiston.
Blakiston, Thomas Wright, 1832-1891.Date: 1862
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Dissertatio inauguralis medica de opio ... / submittit Mauritius Nagel.
Nagel, Mauritius.Date: [1847]
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Royal Commission on Opium
Date: 1893Reference: MS.1482
Part of: Cantlie, Sir James, F.R.C.S. (1851-1926)
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This is your mind on plants : opium - caffeine - mescaline / Michael Pollan.
Pollan, MichaelDate: 2022
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Confessions of an English opium-eater : with, Levana, The Rosicrucians and the Freemasons, Notes from the pocket-book of a late opium-eater / by Thomas De Quincey ; with an introductory note by William Sharp.
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859.Date: 1886
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Formulary for the preparation and mode of employing several new remedies : namely, morphine, iodine, quinine, cinchonine ... / with an introduction and copious notes, by the late Charles Thomas Haden ; translated from the 'Formulaire ... par F. Magendie. Troisième édition, 1822.'.
Magendie, François, 1783-1855.Date: 1823
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S Ruthven Mackay: Register of Dangerous Drugs Purchased and Supplied
Mackay, Sydney Ruthven MacDonaldDate: 1938-1975Reference: GP/65
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An experimental essay, on the manner in which opium acts on the living animal body / By Alexander Philip Wilson.
Philip, Alexander Philip Wilson, 1770-1847.Date: 1795
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A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customs of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East. As substitutes for wine and spirits / By Samuel Morewood.
Morewood, Samuel.Date: 1838
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Advice to opium eaters, with a detail of the effects of that drug upon the human frame, and a minute description of the sensations of a person who has been in the habit of taking opium ... / Written by himself ; to which are subjoined full directions which will enable every opium-eater entirely to conquer that injurious habit.
Date: 1823
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Some aspects of the chemistry of opium / by S. F. Dyke.
Dyke, S. F.Date: 1965
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A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
James, Abraham., active 1800-1802.Date: 1 October 1800Reference: 18134i
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Opiate receptor subtypes and brain function / editors, Roger M. Brown, Doris H. Clouet, David P. Friedman.
Date: 1986
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A man selling opium; nearby a woman breast feeds her baby. Engraving by F. W. Topham, c. 1840, after W. Muller.
Müller, William James, 1812-1845.Date: 1840Reference: 25465i
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Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica
Holmes, Edward Morell, 1843-1930.Date: 1876-1930Reference: MSS.2867-2932, 7961 & WMS/Amer.145-148
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A Chinese man sits smoking an opium pipe. Wood engraving after E. Ronjat.
Ronjat, Etienne Antoine Eugène, 1822-Reference: 25064i
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Poisoning by belladonna.
Wharton, J.H.Date: [1862]
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A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
Sherwill, W. S. (Walter Stanhope)Date: [1851]Reference: 25039i
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British opium. : The Society have for some years offered premiums to encourage the cultivation of the white poppy in this country, ...
Date: 1825
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English opium. : The premium of thirty guineas was this Session presented to Messrs. Cowley and Staines, surgeons, of Winslow, Bucks, for cultivating four acres of the white poppy ...
Cowley, JohnDate: 1823
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Correspondence respecting the cultivation of opium in China : (in continuation of "China no. 2 (1913)" (Cd. 6876)).
Date: 1921
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Confessions of an English opium-eater and other writings / Thomas de Quincey ; edited with an introduction and notes by Barry Milligan.
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859Date: 2003

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An opium den in France with smokers lying in beds being attended by Chinese men. Colour halftone, c. 1983.

Morrison and Hobson Families

A history of intoxication : opium in Assam, 1800-1959 / Kawal Deep Kour.

Five months on the Yang-Tsze : with a narrative of the exploration of its upper waters and notices of the present rebellions in China / by Thomas W. Blakiston.

Dissertatio inauguralis medica de opio ... / submittit Mauritius Nagel.

Royal Commission on Opium

This is your mind on plants : opium - caffeine - mescaline / Michael Pollan.

Confessions of an English opium-eater : with, Levana, The Rosicrucians and the Freemasons, Notes from the pocket-book of a late opium-eater / by Thomas De Quincey ; with an introductory note by William Sharp.

Formulary for the preparation and mode of employing several new remedies : namely, morphine, iodine, quinine, cinchonine ... / with an introduction and copious notes, by the late Charles Thomas Haden ; translated from the 'Formulaire ... par F. Magendie. Troisième édition, 1822.'.

S Ruthven Mackay: Register of Dangerous Drugs Purchased and Supplied

An experimental essay, on the manner in which opium acts on the living animal body / By Alexander Philip Wilson.

Some aspects of the chemistry of opium / by S. F. Dyke.

A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.

Opiate receptor subtypes and brain function / editors, Roger M. Brown, Doris H. Clouet, David P. Friedman.

A man selling opium; nearby a woman breast feeds her baby. Engraving by F. W. Topham, c. 1840, after W. Muller.

Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica

A Chinese man sits smoking an opium pipe. Wood engraving after E. Ronjat.

Poisoning by belladonna.

A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

British opium. : The Society have for some years offered premiums to encourage the cultivation of the white poppy in this country, ...

English opium. : The premium of thirty guineas was this Session presented to Messrs. Cowley and Staines, surgeons, of Winslow, Bucks, for cultivating four acres of the white poppy ...

Correspondence respecting the cultivation of opium in China : (in continuation of "China no. 2 (1913)" (Cd. 6876)).

Confessions of an English opium-eater and other writings / Thomas de Quincey ; edited with an introduction and notes by Barry Milligan.