Chinese opium smoker color illustration

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Color illustrations from the book "The Opium Smokers of China" published in England in 1880.The text combined with the illustrations tells the story of a smoker's journey from starting to smoke opium to breaking up his family, falling into the market, becoming a beggar, and finally freezing to death on a barren mountain.This is just a microcosm of the harm opium smoke has done to the people.

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