Smoking opium, mid 19th century. Chinese lady

Smoking opium, mid 19th century. Chinese lady smoking a pipe of opium, an addictive narcotic drug produced from the sap of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Her feet, which are unnaturally small, have been subjected to the practice of foot binding

Addiction Addictive Binding Drug Narcotic Opium Papaver Poppy Somniferum Subjected

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