HIS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Morphine, Distilled Beverage
20 Mar 2017
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The operation of opium differs from that of alcohol; in the absence, namely, of that erotic excitement, and that incapacity of combined muscular movement for a given purpose, which are so strongly characteristic of alcohol stimulation (p. Compared to alcohol and other drugs, morphine has different effects on the body. Alcohol will give you headaches and slurred language whereas morphine symptoms include headaches, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, blurred vision, etc. Drug use has changed over time by the consumption and recreation use. This is not fair, because you simply cannot blame anyone else on what you decide to put in your body. The treatment of the morphia habit is extremely difficult, and can rarely be successful carried out by the general practitioner. Isolation, systematic feeding, and gradual withdrawal of the drug are the essential elements. Patients must be in bed for ten days under control in an institution (p. 244) So no, someone cannot beat the addition by themselves.
