_LAUDANUM AND MORPHINE._--These soothe pain and cause sleep; but beware of
them; they are made from opium, and like it, though more slowly, hurt mind
and body.
Beware also of _chloral hydrate_ and _chloroform_, which physicians give to
ease suffering and produce sleep. _Endure pain_ rather than form the habit
of using these narcotics.
_HASHISH, ETC._--This is prepared from the hemp plant growing in hot
countries, and is a terribly exciting poison.
The _areca nut_, the seed from a kind of palm, pear-shaped, and resembling
a nutmeg, is mixed with quick-lime and wrapped in a betel-leaf, which grows
on a vine belonging to the pepper family. This mixture reddens the saliva
and lips, and blackens the teeth. It is chewed by millions of people in
India.
The leaves of the _coca_, also of the _thorn apple_, are smoked or chewed
by the South American Indian.
ALL these poisons mean the same thing,--
_A little pleasure_, DISEASE, and DEATH.
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Practical Work in the School-Room.
BY SARAH F. BUCKELEW & MARGARET W. LEWIS.
Part I.--THE HUMAN BODY.
TEACHERS' EDITION.
A TRANSCRIPT OF LESSONS GIVEN IN THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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