This is the story of how a substance touted as a miracle drug enslaved generations of nineteenth century writers, artists, and ordinary citizens. Extracted from opium, it came in the form of laudanum, and patent medicines, as well as morphine, and became a safeguard against pain, poverty and boredom.
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This is the story of how a substance touted as a miracle drug enslaved generations of nineteenth century writers, artists, and ordinary citizens. Extracted from opium, it came in the form of laudanum, and patent medicines, as well as morphine, and became a safeguard against pain, poverty and boredom.
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