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A functional dependence? A social history of the medical use of morphine in Australia
Author(s) -
Grant Matthew,
Philip Jennifer,
Ugalde Anna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja13.11091
Subject(s) - palliative care , research centre , sociology , medicine , library science , nursing , computer science
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 3 March 2014 200 4 230-231 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2014 www.mja.com.au Reflections — History population had high rates of opium use for recreation purposes following British importation of opium to Ch and the subsequent Opium Wars.5,7,8 It was widely available as a raw product, often used for smoking or dissolved in alcohol as a mixture known as laudanum Morphine was originally isolated from opium in 180 German pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner, but it was init orphine has had an important role in the history Matthew Grant The history of morphine use in Australia has shaped public perception and current challenges