The Heaviest Users of Morphine in the Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth

question 46

Multiple Choice

The heaviest users of morphine in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries were __________.

• A) doctors
• B) middle-class white women
• C) Chinese immigrants
• D) Civil War veterans

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