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19S ON EXTRACT OF INDIAN HEMP. 
men in India. Dr. O'Shaughnessy, when last in this coun- 
try, had admitted that the extract, even some that he had 
brought from India himself^had failed to produce the effects 
he anticipated, when tried in our hospitals : and he had 
undertaken, on his return to India, to have some extract 
very carefully prepared, and sent over to this country. Mr. 
Squire had received a quantity of this extract, and he pre- 
sumed it was that alluded to in the paper just read, as hav- 
ing been made by Mr. Robertson. 
Mr. Bartlett had witnessed the effect of a very small dose 
of extract of Indian hemp, obtained from Mr. Squire, on 
one of his assistants, and the action was that of a powerful 
narcotic. The young man stated that he felt all the symp- 
toms of intoxication. 
Dr. Ure had been recommended the use of extract of 
hemp, by his son ; but although he tried it for some time, 
he never experienced the slightest effect from it. The ex- 
tract was the same as the above, having been obtained from 
Mr. Squire. 
The Chairman thought that the present state of medical 
knowledge, in reference to the action of Indian hemp, was 
very unsatisfactory and imperfect. — Pharm. Journ. 
