Show morphine habit a legal defense De fase A kleptomaniac in one of the british courts pleaded guilty and her counsel assured the bench that she was th ih no want of money and had sufficient means to enable her to live comfortably and asked hat she be treated leniently on the ground that the theft was due to the effects of the excessive use of morphine according to the testimony mony says the medical record she had consumed ninety six grains of morphine in a single week the magistrate suspended judgment upon the defendant giving security in to appear for or sim sentence tence when required do da Quince ys dally daily consumption of ia laudanum u was nine ounces and there is a case on record where grains were taken at once without pro producing ducin g death the tolerance of opium and its salts proves in reality much more than old comans womans fables and instances of enormous doses are in the possession of nearly every family practitioner A polson poisonous ous draught of laudanum can not be measured by cases on record |