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[PDF] Opium and Opium-Smoking – J. Doolittle

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Dossier Opium en Chine - J. Doolittle, 1865, Opium and Opium Smoking, Social life of the Chinese Vol. 2 - "The Chinese have a common saying that the smoker of opium ‘makes the day night, and the night day’, alluding to his unnatural hours of waking and of sleeping. His features almost always become strikingly changed, being of an unhealthy, pallid, death-like cast. His shoulders not unfrequently become permanently elevated above their natural level, much as when one shrugs them up, at the same time drawing down his head. Such an opium-smoker is expressively described as ‘having three heads’, from the high and unnatural appearance of his shoulders. His eyes become glaring and without expression."

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Opium and Opium-Smoking – J. Doolittle

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Dossier Opium en Chine - J. Doolittle, 1865, Opium and Opium Smoking, Social life of the Chinese Vol. 2 - "The Chinese have a common saying that the smoker of opium ‘makes the day night, and the night day’, alluding to his unnatural hours of waking and of sleeping. His features almost always become strikingly changed, being of an unhealthy, pallid, death-like cast. His shoulders not unfrequently become permanently elevated above their natural level, much as when one shrugs them up, at the same time drawing down his head. Such an opium-smoker is expressively described as ‘having three heads’, from the high and unnatural appearance of his shoulders. His eyes become glaring and without expression."

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[PDF] Le matériel de la fumerie d’opium et son emploi

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Dossier Opium en Chine - Chester Holcombe, The Real Chinese Question - Chap. 9 - Opium. "With nations no less than individuals, the nature of their mutual relations will depend largely upon the circumstances under which their acquaintance began. It may safely be claimed that to knock a man down is not the surest path to his high esteem, and that to kick open his front door will not guarantee an invitation to dinner. It was most unfortunate that the use of force was necessary to the establishment of foreign relations with China."

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[PDF] Opium – C. Holcombe

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Dossier Opium en Chine - Chester Holcombe, The Real Chinese Question - Chap. 9 - Opium. "With nations no less than individuals, the nature of their mutual relations will depend largely upon the circumstances under which their acquaintance began. It may safely be claimed that to knock a man down is not the surest path to his high esteem, and that to kick open his front door will not guarantee an invitation to dinner. It was most unfortunate that the use of force was necessary to the establishment of foreign relations with China."

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Opium – The Real Chinese Question C.Holcombe

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Dossier Opium en Chine - Chester Holcombe, The Real Chinese Question - Chap. 9 - Opium. "With nations no less than individuals, the nature of their mutual relations will depend largely upon the circumstances under which their acquaintance began. It may safely be claimed that to knock a man down is not the surest path to his high esteem, and that to kick open his front door will not guarantee an invitation to dinner. It was most unfortunate that the use of force was necessary to the establishment of foreign relations with China."

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