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INTRODUCTION - A SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO ABANDON OPIUM - DE QUINCEY'S "CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER" - OPIUM REMINISCENCES OF COLERIDGE - WILLIAM BLAIR - OPIUM AND ALCOHOL COMPARED - INSANITY AND SUICIDE FROM AN ATTEMPT TO ABANDON MORPHINE - A MORPHINE HABIT OVERCOME - ROBERT HALL—JOHN RANDOLPH—WILLIAM WILBERFORCE - WHAT SHALL THEY DO TO BE SAVED? - OUTLINES OF THE OPIUM-CURE - INTRODUCTION.
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (612K characters)
Release date
2005-01-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1819–1870
A 19th-century physician and writer, he is remembered for an early, unusually direct account of addiction and its treatment. His work stands out for describing the opium habit from both a medical and deeply personal point of view.
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