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On the Preparations of the Indian Hemp, or Gujah (Cannabis Indica): THEIR EFFECTS ON THE ANIMAL SYSTEM IN HEALTH, AND THEIR UTILITY IN THE TREATMENT OF TETANUS AND OTHER CONVULSIVE DISEASES.
By W. B. O'ShaughnessyLength1h 24m
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Excerpt: "The narcotic effects of hemp are popularly known in the South of Africa, South America, Turkey, Egypt, Asia Minor, India, and the adjacent territories of the Malays, Burmese, and Siamese. In all these countries hemp is used in various forms, by the dissipated and depraved, as the ready agent of a pleasing intoxication. In the popular medicine of these nations, we find it extensively employed for a multitude of affections, especially those in which spasm or neuralgic pain are the prominent symptoms. But in Western Europe its use, either as a stimulant or as a remedy, is equally unknown. With the exception of the trial, as a frolic, of the Egyptian "hasheesh," by a few youths in Marseilles, and of the clinical use of the wine of hemp by Hahnemann, as shown in a subsequent extract, I have been unable to trace any notice of the employment of this drug in Europe."
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GenreHealth and Wellness, Biography and Memoir
Length1 hr 24 mins
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Publish dateJun 10, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INDIAN HEMP
9Use in Cholera.
2Botanical Characters—Chemical Properties—Production.
10Use in Tetanus.
3Popular Uses.
11Case of Infantile Convulsions.
4Historical Details—Notices of Hemp and its Uses, by the Sanscrit, Arabic, and Persian Writers.
12Use in Delirium Tremens.
5Medicinal Properties assigned to Hemp by the Ancient Arabian and Persian Writers, and by Modern European Authors.
13Delirium occasioned by continued Hemp Inebriation.
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6Experiments by the Author—Inferences as to the Action of the Drug on Animals and Man.
14Conclusion.
7Cases of Rheumatism treated by Hemp. Catalepsy produced by one grain.
15FOOTNOTES:
8Case of Hydrophobia.
16INDIAN HEMP.