In regard to what kind of Poppy is meant by Su Sung writting eleventh century it may be weII to refer here to the statement made by the German travellerKEMPFER, who towards the end of the seventeenth centurywas attached as physician to the EmbassyMoreIn regard to what kind of Poppy is meant by Su Sung writting eleventh century it may be weII to refer here to the statement made by the German travellerKEMPFER, who towards the end of the seventeenth centurywas attached as physician to the Embassy sent toPersia by the King of Sweden.
He says that the Poppyfrom which Opium was then manufactured in that countrywas the white Poppy. It becomes plain, then, that inthe time of Su SuNG, though the name of Opium hadnot yet appeared in books, yet the plant that was able toproduce it was commonly known.