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Experiment No. 5, Satara ganja, No. 2.
Weight of cat 2 lb 131/4 oz. Dose .16 grain at 1-15 P.M. Effects produced very slight.
A larger dose considered necessary.
Experiment No. 6, Ahmednagar ganja, No. 1.
Weight of cat 4 lb 131/2 oz. Dose .28 grain at 12-45 P.M. 1-30 P.M., cat is torpid and
dull. 3 P.M., on being made to walk is found to have the characteristic staggering gait, the
effect of the drug being more marked, as usual, in the hind limbs: it is distinctly drowsy.
3-30 P.M., the cat, on being disturbed and made to walk, takes a few steps and then passes
into a sort of cataleptic condition, maintaining the posture in which it may have happened to
be when it stopped moving. The position is not one in which its limbs are all at rest, and is
sometimes slightly grotesque. 4 P.M., is still very evidently under the influence of the drug:
on standing the rocking movements of the body are well displayed. The minimum dose of
this extract produced very well marked effects.
Experiment No. 7, Ahmednagar ganja, No. 2.
Weight of cat 2 lb 11 oz. Dose .15 grain at 1 P.M. Action not sufficiently marked. A
larger dose necessary.
Experiment No. 8, Ahmednagar ganja, No. 3.
Weight of cat 3 lb 21/4 oz. Dose .18 grain at 12-15 P.M. 2-30 P.M., sleepy; cries when
disturbed, and walks in an awkward manner. 3 P.M., asleep with its nose on the ground, and
on being disturbed walks unsteadily. 4-30 P.M., asleep.
Experiment No. 9, Bijapur ganja.
Weight of cat 3 lb 31/4 oz. Dose .18 grain at 1-30 P.M. 2-10 P.M., very marked tremor
of the body. 3-30 P.M., the tremor of the body is the most marked symptom in this case : it
has lasted for more than one hour, subject to intermission, and is still present. Rocking
movements have also been observed with occasional spasm of the body. The cat, on moving,
walks with the peculiar crawling gait already described.
Experiment No. 10, Nimar ganja, Dhakalgaon seed.
Weight of cat 4 lb 131/4 oz. Dose .28 grain at 12-30 P.M. 1-30 P.M., rocking movements.
3 P.M., cat less lively than usual; has a fixed look and is evidently not comfortable; no weak-
ness of the limbs; drowsy but not markedly so.
Experiment. No. 11, Nimar ganja, local seed.
Weight of cat 5 lb 1 oz. Dose .29 grain at 12-45 P.M. 1-30 P.M., cat sleepy, torpid and
cannot be induced to move. 3 P.M., unwillingness to move continues; when compelled to
walk, moves with apparent difficulty, though no weakness of the limbs can be made out : some
tremor of the body.
Experiment No. 12, Kistna ganja.
Grey cat male, weight 3 lb 31/2 oz. Dose .18 grains at 1-15 P.M. Slight effects pro-
duced.
Experiment No. 13, Bangalore ganja.
Weight of cat 4 lb 11/2 oz. Dose .23 grain at 12-30 P.M. Insufficient action manifested.
Experiment No. 14, Madras local market ganja.
Weight of cat 2 lb 131/4 oz. Dose .16 grain at 1-15 P.M. Effect produced very slight.
Experiment No. 15, Khandesh bhang.
Weight of cat 3 lb 53/4 oz. Dose .19 grain at 12-30 P.M. No appreciable effect.
Experiment No. 16, Amballa bhang.
Weight of cat 3 lb 133/4 oz. Dose .22 grain at 1 P.M. No appreciable effect.
Experiment No. 17, Sholapur bhang.
Weight of cat 3 lb 43/4 oz. Dose .19 grain at 1-10 P.M. No appreciable effect produced.
Experiment No. 18, Bhagalpur bhang.
Yellow and white male cat, weight 3 lbs 141/4 oz. Dose .22 grain at 12-55 P.M. Effect
nil.
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