Cannabis Sativa

Authorities. 19, Andrew Roberts, Pharm. Journ., vol. vi, 1846, p. 72, quotes Mr. Bartlett, a young man took a small dose of the extract; 20, Wm. F. Daniel, M.D., Pharm. Journ., vol. ix, 1850, p. 364, effects of smoking Dakka ; 21, Obs. sur Le Chancre Indigene, by Prosper Albert, Strasburg, 1859, the author took 3 grams of the alcoholic extract of the leaves an hour after eating; 22, ibid., a girl, aged twenty-five years, took 200 grams of the extract of the leaves; 23, ibid., the author, at another time, took 3 grams of the extract; 24, ibid., M. L., took the extract; 25, ibid., M. L., took 2 grams; 26, ibid., M. L., took 6 grams of the alcoholic extract; 27, ibid., the author took 4 grams of the extract.

Mind

First seemed very animated with a congested face, with great loquacity, inclining the head to the right and left

Great agitation

Became almost violent, when he assumed a very sad, preoccupied air

Gesticulations

Spasmodic gestures

She rose up and spun around on one foot and began to walk

Disposition to laugh

Constant laughter mingled with cries

Whistling and singing

Great loquacity

Constant murmuring of unintelligible words

At first she seemed very much preoccupied

Great sadness after the experiment

Upon the subsidence of temporary excitement, the party experiences all those soothing sensations of ease and comfort, with that pleasing languor stated to constitute the potent charm that renders it in such universal request. If the inhaling process is carried beyond this stage, inebriation shortly supervenes

The action was that of a powerful narcotic. He felt all the symptoms of intoxication

I seemed to lose consciousness of the existence of ray limbs, a sensation compared to that when under the influence of chloroform, without complete loss of consciousness

She went into a comatose state, which lasted four hours

Head

Vertigo was the first symptom

My head seemed to describe a circular movement, which propagated itself to the whole body, so that I fell to the ground

Whirling in the head

Head heavy

Great heaviness of the head

Heaviness of the head, and headache after the experiment

Sensation of dulness in the head like pressure,’h

Tension in the head

Pains on the top of the head

Compression of the temples

Ee p. 428

Eyes injected

Eyes injected and very brilliant

Heat and prickling in the external angles of the eyes

Suffused eyes

Pupils dilated

Pupils greatly dilated

Pupils dilated, sensitive to light

On attempting to write, I found that the characters made with the pen were exceedingly fine

Sense of a flame playing in front of the eyes

Head p. 428

Loud singing in the ears

Became very pale, and fell down prostrated

Flushed face

Stupid expression

Grimaces, as in chorea

Efforts to laugh

Contractions of the muscles of the face

Spasmodic contraction of the jaws

Mouth p. 428

Mouth dry

Mouth and throat dry

Throat p. 428

Dryness of the [)harynx

Swallowing became difficult on account of absence of saliva; it was impossible to eat

Stomach p. 428

Ate with unusual avidity, in fact, like a glutton ; after the meal she had an appearance of astonishment, and looked at persons about her with a strange expression

Nausea

At last nausea and profuse vomiting

Heaviness in the epigastrium

Urinary Organs p. 428

Frequent efforts to urinate

Difficult, profuse micturition

Respiratory Organs p. 428

As the too frequent employment of this plant must induce considerable bronchial irritation, with repeated attacks of pulmonary congestion and inflammation, emaciation as a necessary sequence gradually ensues, while a premature decrepitude of frame, conjoined with serious organic affections of the lungs, insidiously steals onward, and under the mask of phthisis finally terminates the existence of the victim

Violent paroxysms of coughing

Respiration rapid,'''’

Respiration very difficult

I breathed with great force, with a sensation of heat

Dyspnoea

Heart and Pulse p. 428

Palpitation

Pulse rapid

The pulse became very rapid and small

Pulse very rapid and irregular

Pulse 75 (before the experiment); rose to 140, and became very irregular

Pulse80 (before the experiment); rose to 140, and then varied from 130 to 140 for some time

Pulse 120

Pulse 100

Pulse small and irregular

Sleep and Dreams p. 428

Beating in the nape of the neck

Pains at the base of the cerebral column, extending along the sciatic nerve, and in the hip-joint

Upper Extremities p. 428

Contractions of the limbs, as in chorea

Stiffness of the limbs

Heaviness of the limbs

Generalities p. 428

When walking,seemed affected with chorea

General stiffness

Tendency to immobility

Great feebleness after the experiment

Great fatigue

Great lassitude

After the experiment great feebleness and desire to sleep.'''®.

Sensation of indolence in the whole bod)

Frequent remissions, during which I said the attack had passed off, but I had no sooner said it than the attack returned anew

Skin p. 428

Vague sensation of tingling, like a beginning of autesthesia of the skin (after half an hour)

Fever p. 429

Extremities cold/®

Sensation of great heat/®.

■ Heat of the skin/h

Heat of the head/h