Muriate of Opium

Opium

of opium. Indeed, there can be few (if any) officials in authority, either in India or China, having, or who could be reasonably expected to possess, more than a very general impression regarding the subject. Yet, in many districts in India, the use of opium is as common as in China itself. On the other hand, there are numerous medical officers, who, from personal experience and observation, of...

Six Cases of Cholera by Muriate of Ammonia

Opium-Eating

IN the January, 1872, number of the Indian Medical Gazette is an article on "Opium," written by Dr. Moore, wherein that gentleman states that, from personal observation, he arrives at the conclusion, " that opium-eating when moderately indulged in?as it generally is?produces no decided or even appreciable ill effect." Moreover, that the use of opium, under certain circumstances, is beneficial. ...

History of the Opium Habit, and Opium-Poppy Culture

Case of Opium Poisoning

1/ To the Editor of " The Indian Medical Gazette.' Sir-I send you the following notes of a case for publicatl0Kam Slioshi Mandal, Hindu, aged about 18 years, was brought to the Police Case HospitalI Alipore, at 12-30 P.M., 12th September 1901, with the following history He had been in the habit for months past of taking a morning and evening dose of bazaar opium, about ten grains each time, to ...