Pain And Pleasure: Opium as Medicine in Late Imperial China

Laamann, Lars

Abstract

This article highlights the degree to which opium had become an indispensible part of late Qing life, both as a medicine and as a recreational drug.

Citation

Laamann, L. (2002). Pain And Pleasure: Opium as Medicine in Late Imperial China. Twentieth-century China, 28(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1179/tcc.2002.28.1.1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2002
• Deposit Date: Feb 6, 2009
• Journal: Twentieth-Century China
• Print ISSN: 1521-5385
• Electronic ISSN: 1940-5065
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-20
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/tcc.2002.28.1.1
• Related Public URLs: http://twentiethcenturychina.osu.edu/