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" One of these being put into the small tube that projects from the side of the opium pipe, that tube is applied to a lamp, and the pill being lighted, is consumed at one whiff or inflation of the lungs, attended with a whistling noise. The smoke is never... "
History of the Indian Archipelago: Containing an Account of the Manners ... - Page 107
by John Crawfurd - 1820
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The History of Sumatra: Containing an Account of the Government, Laws ...

William Marsden - Ethnology - 1784 - 408 pages
...mouth : it ufually receives vent through the noftrils, and fometimes, by adepts, through the paflage of the ears and eyes. This preparation of the opium is called madiiat, and is often adulterated in the procefs, by miTLmgjaggrec, or pine fugar, with it ; as is...
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The History of Sumatra: Containing an Account of the ... Native Inhabitants ...

William Marsden - Natural history - 1784 - 424 pages
...mouth : it ufually receives vent through the noftrils, and fometimes, by adepts, through the paflage of the ears and eyes. This preparation of the opium is called muddat, and is often adulterated in the procefs, by mixing jaggrec, or pine fugar^i with it ; as is...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1822 - 762 pages
...opium pipe, that tube is applied to a lamp, and the pill being lighted, is consumed at one whiff or inflation of the lungs, attended with a whistling...and is often adulterated in the process, by mixing jaggari or pine sugar, with it ; as is the raw opium, by incorporating with it the fruit of the pisang,...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1822 - 768 pages
...opium pipe, that tube is applied to a lamp, and the pill being lighted, is consumed at one whiff or inflation of the lungs, attended with a whistling...and eyes. This preparation of the opium is called mandat, and is often adulterated in the process, by mixing jaggari or pine sugar, with it ; as is the...
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“The” Annual Register: World Events, Volume 62, Part 2

History - 1822 - 766 pages
...opium pipe, that tube is applied to a lamp, ami tin- pill being lighted, is consumed at one whiff or inflation of the lungs, attended with a whistling...and sometimes by adepts, through the passage of the cars and eyes. This preparation of the opium is called maadat, and is often adulterated in the process,...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 21

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 842 pages
...tobacco into the form of pills about the size of a \n",(, which quantity is consumed at one whiff. The smoke is never emitted by the mouth, but usually...the nostrils, and sometimes by adepts through the passages of the ears and eyes. Although so much opium is smoked in this island, the practice of running...
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A Dictionary of Practical Medicine: Comprising General Pathology ...

James Copland - 1852 - 446 pages
...a lamp, and the pill being lighted, is consumed at one whiff or inflation of the lungs, attended by a whistling noise. The smoke is never emitted by the mouth, but by the nostrils, and sometimes, by adepts, through the passage of the ears and eyes. Mr. SMITH, surgeon,...
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Substances used as food, as exemplified in the Great exhibition

Great exhibition, 1851 - 1853 - 372 pages
...that tube is then heated by a lamp, and the pill being lighted is consumed at one whiff or inhalation, attended with a whistling noise. The smoke is never...vent through the nostrils, and sometimes by adepts in this art, through the passage of the ears and eyes. He then lies down and resigns himself to the...
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The Elements of materia medica and therapeutica. v.2 pt.2 ..., Volume 2, Part 2

Jonathan Pereira - 1857 - 926 pages
...opium-pipe, that tube is applied to a lamp, and the pill being lighted, is consumed at one whiff or inflation of the lungs, attended with a whistling...sometimes, by adepts, through the passage of the ears and eyes."1 The residue in the pipe is called Tyecfiandoo, or faecal opium, and is used by poor persons...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 7

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 860 pages
...opium pipe, that tube is applied to a lamp, and the pill being lighted is consumed at one whiff or inflation of the lungs, attended with a whistling...mouth, but usually receives vent through the nostrils.' Although the immoderate practice of opium-smoking is most destructive to those who live in poverty...
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