Opium and the opium-appetite: with notices of alcoholic beverages, cannabis indica, tobacco and coca, and tea and coffee, in their hygeienic aspects and pathologic relations

by Alonzo Calkins

$300 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1871. 8vo. 390 pp., plus 4 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cloth, author and title in gilt on spine; fly-leaf torn on the top right corner. Ownership signature and stamp. Item #20097 First edition. The author explores the history, effects, and consequences of opium use and addiction, as well as the use of other

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