Added on August 18, 2022 Historical essay Losing ‘sorrow in stupefaction’: American Women’s Opiate Dependency before 1900 In 1791 Elizabeth Blake tried to help her sister, New Yorker Catalina Hale, to end her years-long dependency on laudanum, […] Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window)