On the cure of the morphia habit without suffering : (physiological demorphinisation) with a note on the physiological method of relieving the craving for drink / by Oscar Jennings.

  • Jennings, Oscar, 1851-1914.
Date:
1901
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Credit: On the cure of the morphia habit without suffering : (physiological demorphinisation) with a note on the physiological method of relieving the craving for drink / by Oscar Jennings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    time, the absorption of a certain quantity of morphia is followed by a vital and intellectual exuberance, the daily euphoria is succeeded, even at the beginning, by a period of depression, and often of irritability, which affords an indication as to the kind of price that will have to be paid for the indulgence later. And again, although some habitues may go for long years without being apparently any the worse for the habit, in other cases the condition known as morphinism quickly supervenes, and the patient soon breaks down, physically, mentally, or morally. Those who are taking morphia in ignorance of its danger, or under the impression that they are justified by some loose medical prescription in so doing, should remember that the habit is a most insidious one; and if they want to know exactly how they stand, they have only to attempt to do without it. Should any discomfort be experienced from its cessation, the practice must be given up at once; for if there is not already addiction, it is dangerously threatening. I think it was Montaigne who, notwithstanding