Eating undercooked or raw poultry or red meat increases your risk for becoming infected with salmonella. Symptoms include abdominal cramps, fever and diarrhea and begin within 12 to 72 hours of consuming contaminated food.
Opium War. a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
Opium: An addictive narcotic drug that is derived from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy. Preparations of opium were called laudanum.Derivatives of opium include paregoric (a drug used to treat diarrhea), morphine, and heroin.For centuries, opium was used as a painkiller in the Middle East and Asia.reparations of opium were called laudanum. Derivatives of opium include paregoric (a drug used to treat diarrhea), morphine, and heroin. For centuries, opium was used as a painkiller in the Middle East and Asia.