-Confessions of an English Opium-Eater - Wikipedia.Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life.--100 best nonfiction books: No 72 – Confessions of an ....100 best nonfiction books: No 72 – Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey--Opium - Wikipedia.Opium (poppy tears, with the scientific name: Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy (scientific name: Papaver somniferum).--opium | drug | Britannica.com.opium: narcotic drug that is obtained from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), a plant of the family Papaveraceae. (See poppy.) Opium is ...--A Brief History of Opium."God's Own Medicine" Sir William Osler. Opium is an extract of the exudate derived from seedpods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. The poppy plant was ...--Timeline of Opium - Opioids.A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPIUM "Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real." André Malraux MAN'S FATE--Opium Throughout History | The Opium Kings | FRONTLINE - PBS.c.3400 B.C. The opium poppy is cultivated in lower Mesopotamia. The Sumerians refer to it as Hul Gil, the 'joy plant.' The Sumerians would soon pass along the plant ...--Opium History - Opioids.OPIUM Opium History Up To 1858 A.D. By Alfred W. McCoy . Opium as Folk Pharmacopoeia. Regardless of level of development, most societies have used drugs for religion ...--A Brief History of Psychopharmacology - My Webspace files.The Age of Exploration. By the sixteenth century, alcohol had developed into a serious social problem. Worthies from Martin Luther to King James I of England ...--Opium Made Easy | Michael Pollan.Opium Made Easy By Michael Pollan Harper's Magazine, April 1, 1997. Last season was a strange one in my garden, notable not only for the unseasonably cool and wet ...-