Morphine Habit in India
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چکیده
In a previous paper (1928) the senior author stated that addiction to purified alkaloids of opium was a rare occurrence in India. In western countries morphine and of late years codeine and heroin also have been extensivelyused. In view of the fact that habitual use of alkaloids, such as cocaine, is being gradually introduced into India from these countries and from the Far East, the Drug Addiction Inquiry has been keenly on the lookout for extension of the morphine habit or habitual use of any of the other alkaloids of opium in this country. During the course of our field work in Northern India recently
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The Cure of the Morphia Habit
Morphia Habit without Suffering By Oscar Jennings, m.d. (Paris). London : Balliere, Tindall & Cox, 1901. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, pp. 220 + xii. Cr. 8vo. Price, 3s. 6d. net. The present little volume is the second and revised edition of Dr. Oscar Jennings' book on the cure of the morphia habit without suffering, or what he calls physiological demorphinisation. Dr. Jennings' practic...
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