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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3156356, member: 82616&quot;]If I am not mistaken, the poppy was used quite frequently in the Greco-Roman world for medicinal purposes. Pliny the Elder discusses opium in <i>Natural History</i> - &#039;This juice (of the poppy) is possessed not only of certain soporific qualities, but, if taken in too large quantities, is productive of sleep unto death even: the name given to it is opium.&#039; (<i>Nat</i>. Book XX. 76).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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