Opium: Historical Note, or the Poppy in China

Excerpt from Opium: Historical Note, or the Poppy in China Fullest details, where found; Mode of preparing Opium in the sixteenth century; Medical use of Opium in the sixteenth century; Prohibition of Foreign trade encouraged Native production; Kung Yün-Lin's prescription; Medical use of Poppy bracts of red and white varieties of Papaver somniferum; Golden elixir pill; Native account of Foreign.trade before the prohibition; Bad effects of prohibition; Good effects of permission to trade; Duties levied; Tariff of A.D. 1589; Tariff of A.D. 1615; Li Shih-Chen's Materia Medica; Poppy as a flower; Another account of the mode of obtaining Opium from the Poppy; Résumé; Opium, in Java in 1629; Bontius' opinion of Opium; Opium-smoking arose from tobacco-smoking; Tobacco-smoking, when introduced; Prohibition of tobacco-smoking; Manchu prohibition of tobacco-smoking; Spread of tobacco-smoking; Opium-smoking in Formosa; Kæmpfer's Amænitales exoticæ; Tobacco: Kæmpfer's account; Hookah or water pipe; Summary of Kæmpfer's account; Object of the water pipe; Cigars; How Opium is made in Persia; Preparation of Opium; Kæmpfer's visit to Java in 1688; Mention of use of Opium; First Opium-smoking shops; Medical use of Opium in 1723; Early Opium-smoking in Formosa; Opium-smoking came to Formosa from Java; Another account of early Opium-smoking in Formosa; Prohibitory edict of 1729; Spread of Opium-smoking in the eighteenth century About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.