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gathered before the fruits are formed. The famous heretical sect of Mohamme- 
dans, who, by murderous attacks upon the Crusaders, struck their hearts with 
terror, derived their name //ashashin from the drug, and from that our word 
assassin 1s derived. 6. Hemp. This textile is produced principally by those 
plants whose narcotic powers are least marked; those that grow in the lower 
altitudes producing the best article. This product is made into ropes and coarse 
cloths. « Hemp Seed. The seeds of this plant are considered fattening, and 
egg-produciny when fed to birds. Cage-birds are particularly fond of them, but 
on account of their limited chances for exercise only a few per diem are usually 
allowed them. ¢. O:l of Hemp Seed. The seeds. yield about 25 per cent. of their 
weight of a limpid, almost colorless oil, that makes a fine burning-fluid, and is used 
in the arts for mixing colors, and as a varnish, 
In general practice the drug is used wherever an anodyne, hypnotic, or anti- 
spasmodic is judged necessary; the various diseases where it proves effectual 
are hardly mentionable, as the benefit is almost always homceopathic, therefore, 
each disease should be individualized. Surgical tetanus, gonorrhcea, leucorrhcea, 
inflammation of the mucous membranes of the bladder and urethra, dysuria, de- 
lirium, and melancholia may be, however, mentioned as the diseases in which our 
Old School brothers usually get the most decided effects from this drug. 
Cannabis Americana, t. e. the tops of American-grown plants, are officinal in 
the U.S. Ph. The plant is mentioned in the Eclectic Dispensatory, but no prepa- 
ration is given. 
PART USED AND PREPARATION.—The fresh flowering tops of the Ameri- 
can-grown plants, both male and female, are treated as directed under Celtis.* 
The tincture, after straining and filtering, is opaque; has an herbaceous odor; a 
sweetish mucoid taste, followed by slight bitterness; and an acid reaction, The 
‘two tinctures of this plant may be compared as follows: 
CANNABIS SATIVA. 
Americana. q Indica. 
Domestic Growth. Indian Growth at 6000 Feet. 
Tincture. : Tincture. 
Appearance, in bulk, deep opaque brown. Deep opaque greenish-brown. 
Twenty drops in a drachm of alcohol give an | Aslight greenish tinge only is noticeable ; the 
orange-brown color by transmitted light. two solutions nearly correspond. 
Ten drops in two drachms of water quickly 
show the difference in the amount of resin. 
This tincture shows only slight opalesrenire ; 
while this gives a completely payne, heavy, dirty 
cream-colored mass. 
In this tincture the peculiar pungent and heavy |_ In this the odor is plainly distinguishable. 
narcotic odor of Guja is faintly, if at all, notice- 
able. 
As the narcotic power of the drug lies mostly in oe resin of the slant ae 
activity of the two states of the plant i is readily understood a the above ag ae ‘ 
“ i Senple as it is. eee : 
