Opium is smoked everywhere, at all times, by men and women, in the Celestial Empire; and, once accustomed to it, the victims cannot dispense with it, except by suffering horrible bodily contortions and agonies.
Se fuma el opio en todas partes, entregándose a esa inhalación no pueden pasar sin ella, porque experimentan horribles contracciones en el estómago.