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-The writer Robert Louis Stevenson was a victim of tuberculosis
-He traveled all over the world in search of a climate in which his frail health might improve
-on january 20 1890 he wrote a long-delayed letter to his doctor back in Europe
-In 1884 physicians first began using cocaine injections as a local anesthetic
- In 1900s there were 200,000 addicts in the United States
4 questions
-Who was Robert Stevenson?
-What did the climate have to do with his disease?
-Why werent doctors able to prescribe narcotics to addicts?
-When was opium discovered?
3 vocabulary
obstinate-firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
influenza-an acute, commonly epidemic disease, occurring in several forms, caused by numerous rapidly mutating viral strains and characterized by respiratory symptoms and general prostration
scrunity-a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry
2 literary terms
'filthy habit' metaphor
'why had the ortisone test, and th test of many....' repitition
1 over view sentence
This chapter was about dangerous drugs