The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-08-22

porter the other morning. First, ~
tell you how got in the habit Of using
the drug. didn't use opium myself
mind you, but morphine, the activ,
principle Of opium. ! took il hypo
dermically, under the skin-that IL
the morphine in solution was injected
into my. arm, You never have had
finnamrhatofy rheumatism, perhaps
Well. | have; and when a man has
that, he'll Jump at any thing for re-
lief Five years ago | began the use
iiof morphine by mbcutaneous injec.
ton. | never used the little needle.
nosed syringe myself, but the sooth-
ing fluid was always injected by my
physicians. At first il was given me
two or three iinies a week under the
skin Of my arm, but ii was no gr ca
while before the syringe came to be
used that often each day. and became
inv " ''e "'us WI" g'on'y'
"sp0"is't' "o''''e,s, 'A''p' "nen
"n"e' ."e '",'uenoe {, '"' 'P'ae' "n"
WIZ, oi'"'ee" WIN " VI" in'o rs
worthless, as the rosy visions that fol.
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u''e,'y "'e'se 70 NJ eNe'''0"' Wy
's"H "s c"' '"A' nav, IVY r."
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'o' e'v'l 'n'"s' Ou'er OF '"euui''
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op'um u'Se'se' op''pnasy' "n'ch was
'nnni'e'y worse w men Iei' TINS
Guy TO 20 !" io' springs my pnysi,
c'an nu''seu me 70 'aAe solution oil
'noi'h'he a'ons WIN n'e anu hyPo'
uefh''e syringe u'u so, Out resoiV-
c" no, 10 use u uh''i 'ne last eN'rem''
W. D' you Ano" .na' 'ne craving
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Tue ',''"''a'e ues''e 'na' =" "o'P"'"e
user ""' 'o' "'' "ePen'"e va '"e
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paw Nt "s ''''s" NY ue'''n"''0'
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'no 'oP y, my sP"a' oO'u"'" went q"
s'e0'''''nNe 'u'',"' '""' S'e'"eu 20
o"'H S' '""' :" "V' MINUTES ! ie''
mysei' "sa'"-'n"' '''my o'u morphine
SELL bu' ! once more resolved 10 rld
"y'e'' OF 'he oonuage' even u my lie
went gu. IN the e''orI "hen ! got
% INC springs put my hypoi'r"'e
solution an" 'ne instrument. ASIDE ana
began taxing ihe oa'hs' don l know
whether 'hey "'u me any good or not,
uon k''" any 'h,hg 'hat occurred
| suffered a thousand deaths. had