Chrysti The Wordsmith: Opium Expressions

From Montana State University in Bozeman I'm Christie Smith Christie the wordsmith the Dave herbivores made from the dried juice of poppy pods opium has been used as a narcotic as well as a medicine for thousands of years. The Greek physician Hippocrates prescribed an infusion of opium to restore balance to the ailing body. In the 19th century it was prescribed to relieve cough rheumatism fever insomnia and a host of common maladies 18th and 19th century literary greats used opium as both pain reliever and muse. The poet John Keats called its effect a delightful sensation about three degrees this side of faintness. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Elizabeth Barrett Browning were also among opium devotees. But opium can be my lyfe IC as well. Abusers of opiates suffer extreme letter G severe constipation and frightening hallucinations. The latter affliction inspired the expression pipe dream referring to delusions of the type experienced by opium pipe smokers. The

term Yann meaning intense craving such as an addict might feel for his drug comes from a dialectal Chinese word for opium and one theory supports the notion that the word hippie comes ultimately from the opium smokers favorite position reclining on the hip to facilitate pipe smoking and pipe dreaming. I'm Christie the wordsmith. Good day verb of ours. CHRISTIE The wordsmith a sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises a high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry. Zoot web dot com.