Maladies & Medicines: Opioids in the Queen City

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The current opioid epidemic has many connections to the past. Champlain College's eighth annual Local History Event features two historians' research on opium, morphine, and opioid addiction in nineteenth-century Burlington.

Independent scholar Gary G. Shattuck presents the history and context of opioids in the Queen City and the State of Vermont in his talk titled "Behind the Curtain: Examining the Causes of Addiction in Nineteenth-Century Vermont."

Champlain College Special Collections Director Erica Donnis presents "The Vibrant Life and Tragic Death of Lucy Benedict Henderson." A resident of Adams and South Union Streets, Mrs. Henderson (1861-1896) was in many ways an ordinary middle class wife and mother, but she suffered from chronic illness, and eventually, morphine addiction.

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  • Production Date: 04/07/2021
  • Catalog Number: none
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  • Series: none
  • Length: 01:23:19
  • Town: Burlington
  • Geography: Burlington
  • Event Type: General
  • Content Type: Other

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1 Monday May 17, 2021 at 6:00 PM
2 Tuesday May 18, 2021 at 5:30 AM
3 Tuesday May 18, 2021 at 11:30 AM
4 Monday May 24, 2021 at 10:30 PM
5 Tuesday May 25, 2021 at 3:30 AM
6 Tuesday May 25, 2021 at 9:30 AM

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