The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-28
HHSHEESH.
The Effects OF the hrug upon the Brain and
upon the Physical system.

| mud vegetable oils. forms ddrdHtsk Il sort Of
| nHuscous cOntoction taken hrlorc "a meal. Then
there tx the hashrcsh smoked In pipes or in
| cigarettes. aud this il the form III which the
| drug II most "tnnuuly taken In TIA" East. The
mucous extract a. known NJ hnfJnt. II IL more
N'tiN' tlau the other two preparations. Ittukrs
nearly tour parts ~ luwalu'ss to mako one Of
/ hHfoun. it H. very difficult tn find out any more
| concerning. the Oriental modes of preparing
hushecsh; still though our pharmaceutical
| Information br Insult tent. we ara pretty ia
! niliHr with tn" IsVrulc ELECTS Of the drug
! ] huV" taken II mNs"ii uluin and g.alin in vnri-
nus duScs, and liavr admin strrd IL To- many Of
/ my lrl"hds. ana wlhi"N"r snail hive to say
/ concerning It's properties will b. basel upon
! my own observations. Taken in moderate
! dO~rs. il produces ktnd uf intnNicntion that is
/ very pleasant. highly advantageous for II cor
! rect knowledge t intellectual ph'nomcna. and
/ III the siiinr time Tree, from eeriou. rniis,-
/ uurncrs. The worst that Is To- he expected
/ when onc takes either dtwumrsk or hnl0un ia
suitabl" quantities Is slight disorder Oi the di-
g"sii"ni and u lulr sense OF heavihess ANA Of
II ono las not boon told what to cAp"ct. the
| FIRST cif'ts uf hash"rsl pnss hy unnoticcd; :
/ ihrsn cons.s ~ ~ a r"ituh motor ana s"ns"r OK
citahility of tine spinal cord. There - twlt'h-
! INK in tn" nupu "f the neck. tho back. and the
! logs AMI Il shivcrins that extends over tho
whole body. Ii IL NJ though th"re were puls 81
hot and cOid air RI NJ IT, TIA" hcud hut wlthal
I Their" Is u Vuguc SENSE ui rOmlurtahlcL and
/ one tlud- him- 10 ia -.1iH 81 grcut good hu-
! NOR. ~ is the rusr 81 nos' Iet~nis after tho
/ ui,suriiiun Of II certain amount at ni.o,nl. BY
/ drsrurs the eNctutiun ui tho spinal cord pro-
! du"s ELECTS That are moro churagtcristi', ia
/ muscular eN"rtion % every KIND. walking.
mean time III" m,ni is calm. suddenly, how
+ over, ON hearing SOM chance remark. tn" pa
t"u, IL sci1'd with u ~ Of laughing without any
apparent ,yu,r ana THIS cont MUGS Tor length
. ri Iu". Iuts haNin.. passed. be- comes TO him
SELF again. and recognizes the ilrst effects 81 the
li,i- now come crowding on hi4 brain. ono
T fllow,nE another with howild"rng rapidity.
Thoughts curIr ami 10 without any apparent
ltw uf -u'crSsl ION or ruuromiancr. but ~ reali-
Is they are governed by to-" lmmutable luWS Of
the H--p,iatiun of ideas and in' prcssi ions. The
-
very SLOW ami duN. Language Ii not swift
enough To- EiN""NIrc7siout"h his rauiG thoughts.
! There b., ~ u Wrrr, an hyprrtruphy at Ideas.
What IA the normal state would cause very
triliug discomfort. now becomes an unbenrable
owl. and the patient crlcs and bags Tor commits
grafton. WIN thc AIR "i tragic actor II. Will
tel YOU that u rains. or ihtt III" wind blows.
! Ones syli-cstrrin Is magniled, and ho looks
down VITA s"orn upon the tLHordhcT' ol others.
Thus. thru. to say nuthlnE It's >"tui a." Change
in nsatiuu. the mornl person l. entirely trans
formed. ann not aware that the r"semlhuncc
Of these phuEuu4nnH To thus" 81 hystrria las
over h'"n hoiiccd IN general hysiuriral woo
men are vrry Intelligent with brilliant ideas
and - lively Imagination: but their mental ac-
uNlty hthor- undrr two defects namely. the
'N..:-C ration oi the icrlngs and the ahsrn'" ~
Will The same thing Is seen In tho use OF
measure time by the memory Of the ideas that
have uss"d through u" mud. and hence MA
instant appears mmensely long 10 onr under
the hashrrsh influence. Supp'~e. n is COM
mon enough IN tho list ui tins drug. that Ia tine
spurooi un" second ii;iy different thoughts en-
tor the brain; now. since IN To" normal state u
requires several minutes To- conceive any di-
i"rrut thoughts. Ia" lnirrenr" VIII b" That
many minutes nave gone ly. Seconds become
ycnrs. aud minutes become ages.
lhis Illusion has TO parallel yet In dreaming.
or rather ia that iuterme,.iate state which IL
neither sleeping nor wHsne. W" eNp'rienco
something similar. / rrcullect hnVing been ut
worN one day with u friend. and. ~ | felt
drowsy. asking him To- lt me- sleep for q few
minutes. on awakiug. J WIS assured by him
TINT hnd silent hHr,lly -ecuuu; and yet IN that
brief time had had a very cuniul rAtrd dream
nud iu q, n7'guenr" ol "a" muipl.rV OF my
tagn''- Ill., tmT n"9 a'irarrd 10 DE- ot con-
hy some sudden. ioud noise. ne VIII oitentlmes
ia tI.r ira ti'u 81 ascend. las- IN Imagination
through scenes ana adventures OF Nory COM
plcafri nature. \ ike illusion MAY Dee pro-
cur'I ~ wall 10y shutting IA" eyes Will" one Is
riding in "a carriage; und ,r surh circumstances
the tourney will appear 10 have io end. on
opening the eyes from time to time. aud observ-
ing the land nnrks. the progress will seem 10 bee
But in dreaming AMI in sleep this Illusion as
o. the iHus" - time Is vague aud ii-lcnnrd.
ir,ry. il becomes singularly definite. Nor is tine
il.u-i 20 oi the slgnt i'~s astonishing. winch
nluu-ly great. 90 nut krnN whether this iliu-
sion has h''n observed uuIrr amy other cuud.-
ions man iEsr"i hn- ''''ri! b'iS,'u ihf nor ga
cult even % d"-erih- H. II causes bridge. 400
a'cnu" "a stretch out - unhetfd-ui l"nSttr.
reach NO o. the sky. A ryor whose opposite
buuk d. IN -ght becomes an arm ~ the sea. AMI.
uU~iu"7 Wrn" tWu Illusions oi space ana iltu",
which hy Oh" way often I'r-isttwcuty- four hours
or more there are otl ~ Illusions OF tho strongest
Kind imaginable. HAhucuuations ON the CON
trury. are lntrcqucni, though on rrmarkable
Tours.
1t il oftonimcs very harl t. draw the distinc-
tuu between Illusion and hu.iutiuatlnn. but
nevertheless there Is difference between
these Two manifestations Of morbid Iss ehic
a.tvty. When an Insane patient secs al his
elbow u walking. talking spectre. b" has an
hnilurinnton. But II IN dark forest at
night one takes some dcformed trunk inr
ghost he has an illusion. Illusion presup-
plsr7 an actual sensation. the perception II
wl'h is exaggerated AMI erroneous. whereas
Authorization comes spontaneously without re-
curing a sensation T. give RISE e. IT, Now. uu-
der thu haShrr~h Influence. the sensations are
"Nnggcratri So rs 10 produce endless illusions.
The slightest sound becomes crash. and We
hear the fan OF waters. the roar OF cntnrActs.
Tho hnre oi trump"ts. or brilliant harmoni"-.
! have seen persons, naturally almost lu-rn-i-
bic 10 music. lllled 10y few musical notes into
an ecstasy such rrud ui in the lives pf
saints. But. for n description ~ all these sen
sations. | would refer the render 10 a. the bril-
liant pages 81 Iheophiie Gauiiers Club dos
WIN no, 20 over ground trod by Gau,icr bu,
viii content myself VITA touching Hjon another
point OF psychological Interest. We Will sup
pusr the ll!us. son to be stronger than anything
noticed ia the foregoing Instance; that in
stead ~ tom. u sitnpl" disorder Of the prrcep-
tive a'ultirs. II Affects the concrptivc powers
Under normal conditions. external impressions
uWakr manifold ideas in our minds: hrsitlrs
impressions with idrns. For Instance. II certain
tnste. smell. or sound. gives ris' Go u multitude
ing "a the direction We may be- IlruS,d to give
them. The in'ulty OF attention enuhps Us %
check the uprising ot th" conc, ptiuus called /
forth 10y the taste, smell. or sound. often. whe
attention - fixed ON nm object. we neither hear
nor sec what Is passing without. Ia reality We
do s'r AMI hear but these sensations are Obj /
liberated. and pass out of the mind without
louyIu- "a trace behind In IN" Use oi hnshresh. /
in virtue oi the boss ~ Will IA" intensity pf the
perceptions. aud the eN'itatlon of the brain. +
cvrry external impress iuu call, iurth series of
drlirlous conceptions. and there l. no check.
lr. MOreAu lays great sir'- ON thc rrsem- I
blaucr sulklstlug between these hasuccsh illu- /
sions and the systematic drlirum of the insane. I
In most luuutics the drllrium IdeI has lts
origin in fact. in Il sensation. n pain. an i'm /
preston from without THIS forums for them the /
logical basis OF a system 81 erroneous Juts- !
ments II. for Instance. They sunrr from nausea /
or gastric pains. they say they have been loi- 4
solncd; that their enemies have mixed lolsOn I
with their food. Precisely In" same thing rs /
found in the Use Of hashcceh. Every sensation /
immediately calls forth an insane Thought or /
rather "a thousand such thoughts. Hence 1t |
really appears as though the Wei. were rent in /
twain. Hnd that 10y the use ~ thi- drul. we arr. /
enabled 10 witness the mud itself at Ms work. /
The mysterious and silcut triNd'i winch ina the /
normal STATE produces oHr thoughts and IuIg- /
mrnls II ~ longer either m} -trtIuus or silent: /
We can See how the whole IL connected. and can /
look on whine ldeuH ARE being evolved. But IN
fortunately under the hushrorl iuliurut'. ono is
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