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I Enter the Army.--Taken Prisoner.--Sufferings on the Road to and at Richmond.--Leave Richmond for Danville.--Our Sojourn at the Latter Place.--The Small-pox.--Removal to Andersonville 13
In the preceding chapter I have apparently gone out of my way to strike a blow at De Quincey's "Confessions." So I have, because it was a part of the purpose of this treatise so...
31. CHAPTER XV.I have promised to describe an attempt to renounce opium while the victim is in the latter stages. I will endeavor to fulfil my promise, although sick and weary of the subject,...
22. CHAPTER VI.AT HOME.--NOTHING BUT A SKELETON.--A GOOD IMITATION OF LAZARUS.--A DIGRESSION UPON THE SUBJECT OF SLEEPLESSNESS.--A WELL-INTENDED FRAUD ON A HOSPITAL NURSE.--RETURN OF SLEEP.--I...
20. CHAPTER IV.RAVAGES OF THE SCURVY AMONG THE CHICKAMAUGA PRISONERS.--TOO LONG WITHOUT FRUIT OR VEGETABLES.--THE HORRORS OF THE SCURVY.--CERTAIN DEATH.--FRIGHTFUL MORTALITY.--FORTUNATE REMOVA...
18. CHAPTER II.ENTRANCE INTO ANDERSONVILLE PRISON.--HORRIBLE SIGHTS.--THE BELLE ISLANDERS.--THE KIND OF TREATMENT FOR FIRST FEW MONTHS.--CONDITION OF THINGS GENERALLY DURING THAT TIME.--NEW PR...
30. CHAPTER XIV.What three things does opium especially provoke? As to sleep, like drink in a certain respect, it provokes and it unprovokes;--it provokes the desire, but it takes away the perf...
23. CHAPTER VII.THE WAR BEGINS.--STRUGGLES TO RENOUNCE OPIUM.--PHYSICAL PHENOMENA OBSERVED IN ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE OFF THE DRUG.--DIFFICULTY IN ABJURING THE FIEND.--I FAIL ABSOLUTELY.--SOME DIFF...
26. CHAPTER X.The victim takes his first dose and feels exalted, serene, confident. His intellectual faculties are so adjusted that he needs but call and they obey; discipline and order reign...
24. CHAPTER VIII.DE QUINCEY'S LIFE RATHER THAN HIS WRITINGS THE BEST EVIDENCE OF THE EFFECT OF OPIUM UPON HIM.--DISAPPROVAL OF HIS MANNER OF TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECT IN HIS "CONFESSIONS."--FROM...
29. CHAPTER XIII.I have devoted a separate chapter to the discussion of these two qualities, because they are more directly operated upon by the curse of opium than any other of the principles i...
21. CHAPTER V.RETURN TO GOLDSBORO'.--DRUNK WITH FEVER.--TOO SICK TO WALK.--LEFT BEHIND.--GOD BLESS THE LADIES OF GOLDSBORO'.--PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.--NEGOTIATIONS FOR A FRIEND.--AN IMPROVISED...
19. CHAPTER III.The condition of the old prisoners at this time (say during the month of August, 1864, and about or near four months after our arrival), as far as mortality was concerned, was f...
27. CHAPTER XI.I am no physician, and not learned in physiology, therefore I cannot enter into a learned analysis of the opium appetite. Neither have I read any books upon the subject. I know...
17. CHAPTER I.In the year 1861, a well and hearty boy of sixteen, I enlisted in the army as a drummer. This was my only possibility of entering the service, as I was too young to be accepted...
25. CHAPTER IX.De Quincey charges Coleridge with having written many of his best things under the stimulus of opium. This may be so; he could not well write at all without being in some way af...
28. CHAPTER XII.The opium eater has but a poor address. The sources of all feeling and geniality are frozen up; he stands stiff, cold, and out of place: or in place as a piece of statuary, to b...
8. CHAPTER VIII.De Quincey's Life rather than his Writings the Best Evidence of the Effect of Opium upon Him.--Disapproval of his Manner of Treatment of the Subject in His "Confessions."--From...
4. CHAPTER IV.Ravages of the Scurvy among the Chickamauga Prisoners.--Too long without Fruit and Vegetables.--The Horrors of the Scurvy.--Certain Death.--Frightful Mortality.--Fortunate Remov...
5. CHAPTER V.Return to Goldsboro'.--Drunk with Fever.--Too Sick to Walk.--Left Behind.--God Bless the Ladies of Goldsboro'.--Personal Experiences.--Negotiations for a Friend.--An Improvised...
6. CHAPTER VI.At Home.--Nothing but a Skeleton.--A good Imitation of Lazarus.--A digression upon the Subject of Sleeplessness.--A well-intended Fraud on a Hospital Nurse.--Return of Sleep.--I...
2. CHAPTER II.Entrance into Andersonville Prison.--Horrible Sights.--The Belle Islanders.--The Kind of Treatment for first few Months.--Condition of Things generally during that Time.--New Pr...
16. CHAPTER XVI.7. CHAPTER VII.The War Begins.--Struggles to Renounce Opium.--Physical Phenomena Observed in attempting to Leave Off the Drug.--Difficulty in Abjuring the Fiend.--I Fail Absolutely.--Some Diff...
1. CHAPTER I.I Enter the Army.--Taken Prisoner.--Sufferings on the Road to and at Richmond.--Leave Richmond for Danville.--Our Sojourn at the Latter Place.--The Small-pox.--Removal to Anders...
12. CHAPTER XII.15. CHAPTER XV.9. CHAPTER IX.11. CHAPTER XI.3. CHAPTER III.14. CHAPTER XIV.10. CHAPTER X.13. CHAPTER XIII.