Opium Culture: The Art and Ritual of the Chinese Tradition
Author: Peter Lee Manufacturer: Park Street Press Keywords: Popular Drugs ISBN: 1594770751
Book description A detailed study of the history and usage of opium • Explores the use of opium as a major healing herb and a popular relaxant • Details the opium practices adhered to in the Chinese tradition • Includes information on the suppression of opium by the modern pharmaceutical industry Opium. The very sound of the word conjures images of secret rooms in exotic lands, where languid smokers lounge dreamily in a blue haze of fragrant poppy smoke, inhaling from long bamboo pipes held over the ruby flame of the jade lamp. Yet today very little accurate information is available regarding a substance that for 300 years was central to the lives of millions of people throughout the world.In…
Book review: Every aspect of opium is covered The Chinese art and culture of smoking opium is covered in a survey which includes addiction, withdrawal and medical issues as well as cultural insights and a social history. The result is a… The scholar Peter Lee has written the best book to date on the subject of opium use from a Chinese perpective. Opium paraphernalia is widely collected today and it's artistic qualities are now… Pharmacology text books: Who Responds and How Long Does it Take: Assigning Fire Station Areas of Responsibility, Catalog of Prenatally Diagnosed Conditions (Johns Hopkins Series in Contemporary Medicine and Public Health), Serotonin - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References, Prescribing under Pressure: Parent-Physician Conversations and Antibiotics (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics), Human Embryo Experimentation (At Issue) |
