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... daily quantity is not easily re- duced . All persons who have long been accustomed to opium are aware that there is a maximum beyond which no increase in quantity does much in the further alleviation of pain or in promoting increased ...
... daily quantity is not easily re- duced . All persons who have long been accustomed to opium are aware that there is a maximum beyond which no increase in quantity does much in the further alleviation of pain or in promoting increased ...
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... daily task of disposing of a large mass of noxious matter constantly cumulating its deadly assaults upon the natural processes of life was getting to be beyond its powers . The pulse had become increasingly languid , while the aversion ...
... daily task of disposing of a large mass of noxious matter constantly cumulating its deadly assaults upon the natural processes of life was getting to be beyond its powers . The pulse had become increasingly languid , while the aversion ...
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... daily allowance . of eighty grains . Under the excitement of such an occa- sion I continued the experiment for a second day with no other perceptible effect than a restless indisposition to re- main long in the same position . This ...
... daily allowance . of eighty grains . Under the excitement of such an occa- sion I continued the experiment for a second day with no other perceptible effect than a restless indisposition to re- main long in the same position . This ...
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... daily al- lowance from a quantity varying from fifty or sixty to one . hundred and fifty grains , down to one varying from seven to twelve grains ; that in the year 1822 an appendix was added to the " Confessions " which contained a ...
... daily al- lowance from a quantity varying from fifty or sixty to one . hundred and fifty grains , down to one varying from seven to twelve grains ; that in the year 1822 an appendix was added to the " Confessions " which contained a ...
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... daily . Occasional attempts to diminish the quantity , but of no long continuance , and occasional overindulgence during protracted bad weather , furnished the only exceptions to the general uniformity of the habit . The experiment was ...
... daily . Occasional attempts to diminish the quantity , but of no long continuance , and occasional overindulgence during protracted bad weather , furnished the only exceptions to the general uniformity of the habit . The experiment was ...
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Page 164 - I feel for the first time a soothing confidence it will prove) I should leave you restored to my moral and bodily health, it is not myself only that will love and honour you; every friend I have (and thank God ! in spite of this wretched vice, I have many and warm ones, who were friends of my youth and have never deserted me) will thank you with reverence.