The follow-up to the widely praised Opium, In The Arms of Morpheus is the shocking story of how a simple but bewitching substance, touted as a miracle drug, enslaved unwitting generations of
19th century writers, artists and ordinary citizens. Extracted from opium, the sap of the poppy, this popular drug was welcomed into the homes of rich and poor alike, in the guise of medicinal uses in the form of laudanum and opium elixirs, and as pure, undisguised morphine. Laudanum contained opium, saffron, cinnamon and alcohol. In the spirit of 19th
century progress, other opium concoctions were created and a whole industry in
quackery erupted. In both Britain and North America, opium was mixed with…
From the author that brought you portrait of a heavenly Demon, arrives this member of Opium history, No there is no Neo in this read. But you just might fall into a different plane of existence "not…
