FASHIONABLE INTOXICANTS.
■ A new intoxicant, camphor, is heinß resorted to by fashionable Parisian ladies to give freshness to the complexion. One of its certain effects is to induce mental torpor, somnolence, and general weakness. The oamphoromaniac becomes of leaden heaviness and apathetic. Her face has as much expression as a mask. Some years ago belladonna was resorted to as a means of giving lustre to the eye by enlarging the pupils, with sad consequences. Another mode of mania was the hypodermic injection of morphine, ojierated in the cloakroom before entering the opera-box or ballroom. This was supposed to give beautiful animation to the countenance and manners. It led to the frequent use of the drug. A short time ago a pharmaceutical chemist was sentenced to eighteen months for selling jgßo worth of morphine in two months to a woman of fashion who, had become a morphomaniac.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4806, 8 November 1902, Page 7 (Supplement)
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146FASHIONABLE INTOXICANTS. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4806, 8 November 1902, Page 7 (Supplement)
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