Poppy

violation of God, but shamans still worked to treat minor health problems. Ancient healers used every resource the Earth offered, including the herbs for medicinal purposes. There were herbs for toothaches (Peek-a-boo Plant), and anesthesia (Opium poppy,…

21. My estrangement from my father stems from him not liking me very much. This is sad, really, considering that Dad and I got along when I was a kid. Well, okay, Dad and I got along most of the time when I was a kid. Sometimes kids are kids, and parents are parents, and there are inevitably going to be conflict of interest. One prime example of this is turnips. When I was a kid, I thought that turnips were utterly disgusting and believed that I was completely justified in refusing any turnips…

Gothic Story Depression: feelings of severe despondency and dejection. To have a gloomy or upsetting mood that can happen after a tormenting experience in one’s life. This is exactly how I felt. London, 1845, the well known and proud Victorian era which was ruled by Queen Victoria I. The moon had vanished in the midnight sky as the clouds crawled over it. The air started to make a lullaby in my ear, like a music box for little children. The horse’s clipped and clopped along the old concrete…

The first half of “Death be not proud” by John Donne is a viewpoint of death being perceived as “mighty and dreadful” (2) and then transitions into the speaker taunting death to counter those perspectives. The speaker sounds confident and arrogant when he says, “death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die”. His use of personifying death as a person and his choice of diction makes death seem peaceful and the opposite of powerful. When closely observed many literary devices and comparisons are…

Medical Marijuana has become a popular subject today. It is legalized in 25 states, including the District of Colombia. It’s commonly utilized by many teens and adults for recreational and medical reasons such as dealing with depression. Cannabis refers to the use of cannabis and it’s cannabinoids to treat disease or improve symptoms (dictionary.com). Inside medical cannabis it has THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (Cannabidiol). THC is the active ingredient in cannabis giving its narcotic and…

opium, substance derived by collecting and drying the milky juice in the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Opium varies in color from yellow to dark brown and has a characteristic odor and a bitter taste. Its chief active principle is the alkaloid morphine, a narcotic. Other constituents are the alkaloids codeine, papaverine, and noscapine (narcotine); heroin is synthesized from morphine. Morphine, heroin, and codeine are addicting drugs; papaverine and noscapine are not.…

In the Game of Thrones, specific medical knowledge is further advanced and accurate than in the Middle Ages. This stands partially for the reason that certain discoveries in history have been accidental, for example, penicillin, not the culmination of a long aggregation of previous discoveries. While this might seem incongruent with the otherwise static medieval level of technology in the Game of Thrones, much of real-life medical knowledge was discovered purely through trial and error or by…

morphine which is still used today in treatments. Opium is also used to help treat Hepatocellular cancer. Even though opium’s many disadvantages weighs out the advantages the drug has. But, you can’t totally discredit this drug completely the opium poppy flower has a great deal of history. Its history on how it impacted the Chinese culture and the beginning of America is just another chapter in how far America has come in certain…

Anthropology by definition is the study of human societies, the cultures that they create and the development that is caused by the evolution of those societies. Thus it should be important for anthropologists to study the many development projects that are proposed by organizations around the world. The concept of development projects first began after World War II as the West began trying to piece Europe back together. After the Marshal Plan was signed in 1948 the United States then turned to…

Anzac Day came to symbolise a day of commemoration and not until 1927 that all states of Australia had a public holiday. When I was a child, Anzac Day was commemorated at my primary school. I really can’t remember much except that my class created poppies with paper tissues to honour soldiers that fought in past wars. At that time, the only thing I knew about war was from old Sunday afternoon movies like The Dam Busters and Sands of Iwo Jima, which showed nothing about…