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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
Historical Bibliography Updated: February 9, 2020

Opium-smoking in America and China: A study of its prevalence, and effects, immediate and remote, on the individual and the nation.

KANE, Harry Hubbell (1854 – )

Publication Details

New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1882 CE.

The author claims (p. 1) that "the first white man who smoked opium in America is said to have been a sporting character named Clendenyn. The second—induced to try it by the first—smoked in 1871." Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#9506
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/11691
External URLopiumsmoking-in-america-and-china-a-study-of-its-prevalence-and-effects-immediate-and-remote-on-the-individual-and-the-nation

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York