books.google.co.nz - Known to the Greeks as opos or opion, as afiun in Persian and Arabic, and fuyung in Chinese, opium is at once a palliative and a poison. Its exotic origins, its literary associations, and the properties that are, often erroneously, attributed to it have ensured an ongoing air of mystery.Pierre-Arnaud...http://books.google.co.nz/books/about/Opium.html?id=qGl4TN_qIsgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareOpium
