HPRO 2255 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Contin, Transdermal Patch, Independent Community And Health Concern
21 Nov 2017
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Early history of opium: dr. thomas sydenham, the father of english clinical medicine. Writers and opium: the keys to paradise: de quincey: he detailed the pains of opium withdrawal and reported not being able to write for long periods of time due to his dependence on the drug. Tobacco smoking spread much more rapidly after its introduction. It is not clear when tobacco was introduced to the chinese, but its use had spread and become so offensive that in 1644 the emperor forbade tobacco smoking in china. Morphine: the active agent was 10 times as potent as opium. Sert rner named it morphium: by 1831 the implications of his chemical work and the medical value of morphine had become so overwhelming, 1832 codeine was discovered. The major increase in the use of morphine came as a result of two nondrug developments, one technological and one political.
