The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6
Opium
Opium.
A trifle of this drug was prepared in the Botanic Gardens, merely to show how with facility this substance might be locally obtained, especially in places where juvenile labour or that of the infirm is to be rendered available. It is almost needless to point out that the clime of Victoria resembles greatly that of the countries from which opium now is mainly obtained.