, 1875-10-13
Lecture Delivered Yesterday Evening
by Dr.. W. W. Breeso.
Extent 10 Which Opium. Enting 1s Carried
In Chicago.
INSTANCES Which Game under the Leotur
ers Observation.


gazed upon 1t with Houdering oycs. know tlihl
from It's milky fluid arc originated shobc little.
white bittcr powders that tho doctor osten !casea
in caaea OF ceriaiu diseahcs. It Ia tho most won
tlcrful polson tha. God ever creatod. and Ia noua
o.hor than Tho dried juice Of tho poppy OF COM
merte.
Opium was well known to thu anctente. md
montion is nlado Of 1t In tic writ;ngp Of Homer.
10 far hack as 70 be without data. Lazy speaks
OF tho cultivation Of the poppy 400 years before
Christ. It is referred to by Greek End Roman
mtthoioEists. and tho eArsy Roman a5sssss were
III tllo habls Of representing Bomnus. the god OF
eIeeP. as soposlng upan bod OF popples.
ANCIENT DEscRtP11oNB.
|. nloscorl1ea describes the mode Of preparing
opium 1,s0o yonrs ago. Tho Mohammcdsn writ
ingB speak Of opium a. tho great gtft Of Alfsb to
his chsldren; ana 10 tho fact Tint Mshomet
All, tho great prophet and founder OF tho
alohamrncdaaa. WAS without doubt an opium
oater, no owo tho ox1atence of tho Koran aud the
Alohanmaaun rollG,on Of to-day.
Tho lecturer bcl1cvea that many OF tho ancient
uatons fell into decay through tho Introduction
Of thia potaonoua drug, md tlst no eau account
for many OF the foolish actions of tho Kings aud
rulers Of those pstlonB only upon this huppo-
sltion.
WHERE OPIUM IL RAISED.
Opium Is chiefly ratced In Turkey, Egypt, Per-
Ria, and tha East Indes. Tho laB.-namcd coun-
Try rAaeY moro than all the rest Of tho world, It
| !s chiefly cultivated, on the GauBcs, for space
or about au0 or 800 miles III breadth and eco OF so In
wldth This wAs tLo spot Waited by hs famine Of two
Till i!ssrsct ia divided in two ssoncis., BeDar and
| Dcnnrcs eaoh has reutral factory warehouse
that Of Dohar being at rasra, md that Of Bcnares at
nhszecpose Ths scetnrss shen wont on TO dsasr'os
| IrB COMMERCIAL VALUE.
Thia drug oxeeeda IN commercial sutus snJ ohor IN
Taes" IL ahon. 81, % Tos Ct pp'u q,sd
every ten years. moro than doubling Itself IN twenty
emarmsd opiam-ssters in Tho Uatod ststep. recent
authority estimates that there nbout 1s0oOo This,
asn1es q importation .re wrong, o. e!ss tht1e il \
large amount Of thb drug enuggcl into th!a market
Not over onsh q @ 'hs opium 'se l9 TIC onltea @
lecturer nnxt gaye tho delightful ef0ctA Of opium and
tho fearful reaction In most pleasing and descriptive
Btyle. ......z...
DR.. nrosse next detailed soma fearful examples OF
ooe !. To- 9s.e bin 10 sns % IN Lis sDn o.atton
The widest schemes Of aEgEaudlzcmsnt aud Intrigue
float shtought s brain be becomes unconscious Of
ecsscr; ali rear iii .ou&t ali hesltanoy. aro gope i
du w var.By "so
nbacco with It, and add whisky nnd boconao per-
ssas, .ss no % :aa psoa .n ~ .rRs
H. ~ Tr,ncc nstc, ~ nvG Ill m rootino nrnntea
Nearly al our caano-soap is made from ths ol and
Large portion OF olive oil IL aanlteEatel with IL
| 4 pn1Er uIsron1
ot tho opium war ~ ne1e gt,en, .na tao Mnglash
Il auasd @ to t1r a'losns
tries lie attributes tbs cause Of Tho smlno in India
~, IN" ~ r. b. rort-, .,,o&. md cho thx
arno fscrly Hinast.nna o,t Of ayorv hundreI con-.
areA opiun,-oaters acquired tho hab't from taking
| the drug frst al prescribed bJ doctor.
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said, II IN but tle wreck ot wust you .ons. ino..
.n9 sons raadSrsss , ,5o Afte, ~ 1e.1 sa192e.t. r.
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fo, his earninas T.atcd and Consulted In tnn drl,s
sIores 40 fe daternincI 1noa romoyiua 10 t,o coun
foapd thu. she could no. net ou so Itft h ad
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