Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-01-02
EFFECTS OF HAsHIsH.
It Often Brings :HaIlucinations thu
Reverse OF Pleasant.
APAtient Who Imagined Her Body Divides
In Hall After Taking u Dose Of In -.
dian Homp Fam
oIeS OF Physician.

sA.rE haA cannabiS- Indica, or, Indian hemp,
when taken in. certain doses produces
pleasant dreams and fancies is fact
we'll known in tho East. whore under
the name Of hashish 1t Is frequently
given before battle, by 1ohieftains to
their followers, in order to destroy their
fear and fill them with supernatural
frenzy. The dreamy Turk INDUCES il
it, owing to the delightful fancies it
creates; but this does not hold true for
the more practical nations. In the
more civilized countries Of the West,
Indian hemp does not always produce
pleasant hallucinations-in fact, says
the Now York Sun, they are often disa-
greeable.:- One lady, after its admins
tration, imagined her body divided in
half, tho lower portion running away.
Under the dreadful apprehension that
life would cease If theJ we're not quick
. ly reunited, she gave chase to the seced-
ing lower half. Whether she caught it
or not do not know. but sleep or con-
seriousness probably supervened, as she
Is we'll to-day.
Another man, wnen under its influ-
once, knew what he was doing, buthad
no idea of distance This was the cause
Of many amusing incidents and nearly
IN accident After having collided with
a number of men, women and ash bar
rolls he started to cross a street and went
directly into the middle Of horse car,
which he imagined q half block away.
Some kind gentleman, seeing his plight,
and thinking him either blind or drunk,
offered his escort home, which service
was accepted.
A well-known doctor says of his ex-
perience:
81 had been troubled with, persistent
headache, and hearing cannabis Indica
might be OF service, took some, acct
dentally an overdose. Dinner was just
over, and was sitting in my study room
reading a surgical treatise. After
hour or so Of reading tho letters seemed
to rise from the paper and, growing
larger and larger. would melt away to-
gether, leaving the page perfect blank.
Thinking my eyes wore at fault, !
rubbed them and started to read again.
The same thing was repeated, and clos
ing my eyes for moment, the delusion
commenced.
II heard music and drumming as If in
tho distance, and looking in the direc-
ton from whence it seemed TO- come
saw soldiers dressed in gala uniform,
preceded by bands playing the most
delicious melodies. AS they approached
the music became moro and moro dis
tinct, until they passed before me in re-
view.
"They were all tall, muscular fellows,
at least six foot. two, some mounted,
most on foot Some were dressed like
the Russian Hussars Of tho guard, with
scarlet trousers and Hessian boots and
huge bear-skin caps; their white furred
and embroidered dolmans hanging
gracefully from their shoulders as
they rode by. Others were like
the various body-guards of differ
emit nations, dressed with steel breast
plates and barred helmets. Some re-
Sembled the old Hungarian life guards,
all scarlet, With dress coats and beaver
caps. Others like the cuirassiers, the
lancers, the Dragons and the chasseurs
cheval. Some had high plumed hats,
and gun in saddle, like tho Wellington
Life Guards of England; and others
were in the gay uniforms of Spain and
Italy.
- "There were soldiers Of, times, me-
dieeval and modern. There were war
riors from Greece, with their barred
limbs, white skirts and dropping fezzes,
carrying scimetars and Arabian guns.
Then came some uniformed like the
! soldiers of India, Tartary and China.
| Many were dressed as the auofen,
Greeks and Romans. Some had the
gaudy costumes of Persia;. others were
simply clad, like those of Carthage
Then came soldiers OF the middle Ages
J armed cap-s-pie on helmeted chargers
- bearing heavy lances and esohtoheoned
r. shields. Then followed an interval 81
! naked Nubians, black "a night, with
eyes like FIRE. .. -a 49,. .
...... "After these marched those whom
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