434 EFFECTS OF CANNABIS INDICA AND MYLABRIS. 
though on the groom entering the stable in the morning he 
was discovered lying across the stall, in which position I found 
him on my arrival, 7 o’clock, a.m. Finding him insensible 
to the prick of a pin on one side, I came to the conclusion 
that 1 had to deal with a case of Hemiplegia. 
Treatment .—Stimulate the spine; blister the head; give 
Calomel in small doses; throw enemata up. 2 o’clock, 
p. m., no change. The owner anxious to leave nothing 
undone, I called in Mr. Ferguson, who at once looked on the 
case as unfavorably as I did myself. He had him bled, and 
recommended much the same treatment as myself. Two 
days subsequently the case terminated fatally. I had no 
opportunity to make a post-mortem examination. 
I have the honour to remain, Sir, 
Your obedient servant. 
20, Russell Place, Dublin. 
EFFECTS OF CANNABIS INDICA AND MYLABRIS. 
By T. IIurford, M.R.C.V.S., loth King’s Hussars. 
The Cannabis Indica is the Hemp. The leaf is much 
used throughout the East as an excitant and intoxicating drug. 
It is called Bang , Gunga , &c. &c.; the preparation I have used 
is the extract, a dark solid substance. Its effects are most 
marked. The opinions respecting it have been various, as 
the following extracts will show:— 
66 Dr. Laurie pronounced it uncertain, and not to be trusted 
as a NARCOTIC.” 
“ Mr. Ley found it useful in relieving spasm, producing 
sleep and abatement of pain.” 
“ Mr. Donovan found its power great in temporarily de¬ 
stroying sensation, and subduing the most intense neuralgic 
pain.” 
“ Professor Miller, of Edinburgh, considers its virtue to 
consist in a power of controlling inordinate muscular spasm.” 
The last three, I think, will encourage its being tried and 
persevered in as a remedy for Tetanus. 
There is a blistering fly used in India, which I think 
might be used in this country, the i( Mylabris Cichorei.” 
The name xarbapts was applied by the Greeks to a species of 
Coleopterous insect distinguished by yellow transverse bands. 
This is the Mylabris, and a most powerful blister it makes. 
