CO129-210 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [6-7] — Page 465

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hardly recognizes any difference between 25 per cent of morphine in the drug and none at all, and does not recognize any difference at all between 4 per cent of morphine and 25 per cent, which he certainly would do if he ate it. In fact, the great principle of the "opium, Morphia, in smoking" seems to be that it in no way affects "vanish; certainly it" the smokers.

Mr M'Callum in the above-mentioned article reports similar results to even more elaborate experiments; it would seem, therefore, that opium when smoked has none of the action of a narcotic drug.

Further to the ultimate effects of continued opium smoking, Dr Shpes (paragraph 53 and following) states that a list is kept of opium smokers, who are received into the Hongkong Gaol, along with their age, weight, usual daily consumption of opium, etc. The general result of his observation on these prisoners during the period of their imprisonment, when they are allowed opium, is that he has found "no case of disease among them, that..."

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244 454 25 1 hardly recognizes any difference between 25 per cent of morphine in the drug and none at all, and does not recognize any difference at all between 4 per cent of morphine and 25 per cent, which he certainly would do if he ate it. In fact, the great principle of the "opium, Morphia, in smoking" seems to be that it in no way affects "vanish; certainly it" the smokers. Mr M'Callum in the above-mentioned article reports similar results to even more elaborate experiments; it would seem, therefore, that opium when smoked has none of the action of a narcotic drug. Further to the ultimate effects of continued opium smoking, Dr Shpes (paragraph 53 and following) states that a list is kept of opium smokers, who are received into the Hongkong Gaol, along with their age, weight, usual daily consumption of opium, etc. The general result of his observation on these prisoners during the period of their imprisonment, when they are allowed opium, is that he has found "no case of disease among them, that..." 1.

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hardly recognizes any difference between 25 per cent of morphine in the drug-

and none at all, and does not recognize any difference at all between of per

per-cent,

cent of morphine and 25 per cent,

which he certainly would do if he ate

it. In fast the great principle of the

"opium, Morphia, in smoking

seems to

it in no way affects

"ranish; certainly it

the smokers."

Mr M'Callum in the above mentioned

article reports similar results to even more elaborate experiments; it would seem, therefore, that opium when

smoked

smoked has none of the action of

mareotic drug.

Further

to the ultimate

effects of continued opium smoking, Dr shpes (paragraph 53 and following) states that a list is Kept of opium smokers,

who are received into the Hongkong Gaol,

:ssualm

along with their age, weight, usu

dally consumption of opium ete. The general result of his observation on these prisoners during the period of their imprisonment, when they are allowed opinn is, that he has found "mo

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