Title: The truth about opium smoking : with illustrations of the manufacture of opium, etc. /
Authors: Broomhall, Benjamin.
Publisher: Hodder & Stroughton,
Year: 1882
Subjects: Substance-Related Disorders; Opium; Opium; Opium abuse; Opium trade; Opium.; Great Britain Foreign relations China; China Foreign relations Great Britain
Contents: Introduction / B. Broomhall -- Proceedings at conference on opium-smoking -- Proceedings at public meeting on opium-smoking -- Answers to excuses for the opium trade -- The opium monopoly -- The opium trade and British commerce -- The opium trade as now carried on a national sin, which must bring retribution -- Protest of the late R. Montgomery Martin, Esq. -- Letter from Sir Arthur Cotton -- Important testimonies -- Parliamentary action -- Signs of progress in public enlightenment -- The chief excuse.