Opinions of over 100 physicians on the use of opium in China.
- Park, William Hector.
- Date:
- 1899
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Opinions of over 100 physicians on the use of opium in China. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![Is the opium habit condemned as degrading or injurious by the Chinese in general ? Universally condemned.—Porter. This is beyond controversy. It is everywhere condemned as degrading and injurious by the Chinese them- selves. Smokers and non-smokers alike denounce it—Randle. By the lower classes, yes ; by the higher classes, no. [The opium divan is as common in the houses of the gentry as the billiard room in England].—Smyth. Almost universally condemned as injurious, not considered degrading in first stages.—Stuart. Yes; at best, tolerated. Never heard of opium-smoking father advising his son to smoke.—Suvoong. Both, and I uever heard a Chinese defend its use.—Whitney. Non-smokers condemn, smokers acquiesce, bat go on smoking. Have uever heard anyone applauding the habit.—Wilson. It is. I never heard anyone speak in favor of it, but have heard it very often condemned by the Chinese.—Woodhull. I think so, and they like to blame the English for its introduc- tion wherever they cau score a point.—Wolfendale. Those who smoke do not, as a rule; those who do not smoke do, as a rnle.—Woolsey. Deprecated. I have seldom heard it honestly condemned.— Worth. How do they regard the opium habit as com- pared with the alcohol habit? Opium worse 70 Alcohol worse 3 No knowledge . 29 Comments :— The latter is as nothing in comparison.—Atwood. Less injurious, but they are not good judges.—Coltman. To smoke opium is regarded twice as bad as to be a drunkard. Villagers drink harder than the dwellers in Peking, and smoke much less opium.—Curwen. They look on drunkenness as the more degrading.—Hare.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2100884x_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
