Aiton’s Encyclopedia

A Practical Reference Library in Five Volumes — keyed from the public-domain original

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Morphine

. See Opium

Volume IV · Aiton’s Encyclopedia

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2026 Editor's Note: Morphine addiction — the 'army disease' of Civil War veterans — was the quiet epidemic of this entry's era, fed by patent medicines. The 1914 Harrison Act ended the open sale this article takes for granted. (Ed: BR 2026-06-01)

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