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Show An Intmleatlar riant. Hashish la the Oriental name ot the plant, or rather of tho tops and tender parts ot the plant, which la scientifically scientifical-ly known as Cannabis Indies, nnd which we term Indian hemp. It ts cultivated cul-tivated In India, and has long been employed na n medicine In Asia. Arabs, Perslsns, Indiana, Chinese and Booth Africans cslpcm It far Its Intoxicating powers. Various preparation! ot tha plant are employed tor the purpose ot produclnc this effect. A favorite mode of extracting Its active principle Is by boiling the lops and flowers with water, to which butter of oil has been added, evaporating and thus fanning an olaxlftous solution of fatty substance. sub-stance. The effect produced by hashish la that ot happiness, and by that Is meant an enjoyment entirely moral and by no means sensnal The hashish eater is happy, not like the gourmand or the famished man when Mtlafylng hla sppeULe. or the voluptuary In the gTSUacctkm of bis desires, but Ilka him who hears tiding which fill him with Joy. One ot tho first sppredabls effects of the drug Is gTadnal weakening weaken-ing of the power ot cuntralllng and lrrrUoc ths thoughts. Than comes tho stag already described; and so-rosxtanyxirg. so-rosxtanyxirg. and In part following It, thera ara observed errors of sense, Islao coxrvlcihxns, and lha prodoratn-two prodoratn-two at ana or more extravagant Ideas. Theso Ideas and convictions ara generally gener-ally not altogether ot en Imaginary character, but are suggested by externa Impressions which ara erroneoosly Interpreted In-terpreted by tho perceptlvo faculties. Finally, If tha dose Is sudclantly pcrr-erfsl. pcrr-erfsl. then Is a cnmplets withdrawal of tha taiz-1 learn eitornol things. |