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such a fever with congestions towards the head, through the 
tincture of Hemp, that he had to lose twelve ounces of blood, 
and to apply leeches and cold fomentations round the head. 
Morgagni observed tonical spasms, which he attributes to the 
agency of Hemp, and even a sort of catalepsy has been seen 
to arise from it. Matthiolus (¢ Diose., lib. iii. c. 188), again, 
says of the Italian women: “Decoctum in morbo comitiali 
pueris exhibent.” And Shaughnessy found, in a case of 
tetanus, appearing after a moxa, that the tincture of the resinous 
extract of Hemp produced unexpected results, and that in all 
cases of tetanus the immediate effect was relaxation of the 
muscles (Lancet, Oct. 1840). According to Neuhold, Hemp 
causes cataract (Act. Nat. Cur., vol. iii. p. 150). And in Schmidt’s 
Jahr B. d. Ges. in und Aust. Med., vol. xxviii. p. 209, there is 
mention made of the medicamental virtues of Hemp in cataracta 
-lenticularis. 
Its general effects on man are, alleviation of any pain, re- 
markable increase of appetite, unequivocal aphrodisia, and 
great mental cheerfulness. Its more violent effects are, delirium 
of a peculiar kind, and cataleptic condition. Mr. Donovan 
found it had great power in reducing the most intense neuralgic 
pains. Mr, Miller considers its virtues consist in the power of 
controlling inordinate muscular spasms. Dale says (Pharmaco- 
logia, 8rd edit., 1787), “Semen genitale imminuit usu, con- 
tinuato, tussi sputulatam, i ictero substernuit et caput vaporibus 
reflet.” Murray (Mat. Med., p. 613): “ In gonorrhea recente, 
infusam seminum horum Thee potum plurimum virtutis habet 
ad inflammationem et ardorem urethra qui istius indicum proe- 
bet, superandum quum oleosa et mucilaginosa seminum, eXxista- 
verum et leniter anodyna, natura stimulum optime retundet et 
irritum reddat et aque tepide. Connubium eundem cum lobo 
eluat. Valet hoc, non de gonnorrhea, eau sed et 
arthritica, ut ipse casu, singulari expertus sum.” 
Descrrption.—Cannabis Sativa is an annual. Stem from six 
to eight feet high or more. Leaves petioled, stipulate, digitate, 
