The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-31
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ers feel a slight headache. Then they
see everything moving around them
and finally lose control Of their mental
faculties. They imagine they see herds
of tigers. lions. devils and monsters COM
ing to attack them. They are not
afraid. but feel themselves brave and
strong enough to fight and annihilats
any number Of enemies.
The victim Of the weed begins to
fight and to imagine that he is killing
monsters. But there are imaginary be-
ings whom he cannot kill, and they
inspire fear. until the SIN ker is panic
stricken and starts to run. Not very
long ago a Mexican in Vera Cruz who
had smoked a marihuana cigarette at
tackled and killed policeman and badly
wounded three others. Six police
men were needed to disarm him and
take him to the police station, where
he had to be put in a straitjacket.
People who become addicted to smok-
ing marihuana finally lose their minds
and never recover. The plant Is used
sometimes in Mexico by allopathic ply
! SlClaHS III the treatment VI IHtuiiidtisiii.
The tincture of the marihuana diluted
with alcohol is the form IN which the
properties of the weed are employed.
and 1t is said that great relief very
often results from the use Of this cura-
tive agency. For certain diseases OF
| the bladder the same agent Is used, but
| in this case the seeds Of the plant are
employed.
| According to the statement of physi-
clans the poison of the tarantula is
often given with good effect for st.
| Nitus's dance. The poison Of the scor-
| pion is favorite prescription with
| homeopathic doctors Of Mexico for sew
eral diseases that require peculiarly
strong medicine.
Cantharides are known in some locali-
| ties of Mexico as blister beetles. The
beetle is about an inch in length and
| a quarter of an inch broad. 1t Is some
what cylindrical in shape. fiattened.
| black on the upper portion OF its body,
with brownish wings and long wing
| cases. The remainder Of the body Is
of a shiping dark green color. On the
prairie land, between the Colorado and
Trinidad rivers, in the State of Vera
Cruz. and in fact along most Of the
Vera Cruz and Pacific Railway. there Is
| small DROWN uONe WHICH lives upon tnl5
beetle. The dove itself is used by the
natives of the locality as a medicine.
For this purpose It is cooked in a stew
and fed to the patient three times a
| day for the relief Of bladder and kid
ney troubles.
The beetle lives on the arnica plant,
upon the flowers of which II deposits
| its eggs. For this reason arnica OBJ
tanned from the Towering plant is OBJ
| jectionable on account Of the irritation
produced by the insect Druggists usu-
ally dispense the arnica obtained from
the root of the plant. The arnica OBJ
| tanned from the Towering plants is used
| only for external application, and then
never for open wounds.
There are many other plants in Mex
! leo which are dangerous, among them
being the tolvache. a kind Of loco weed.
| The seeds Of this plant boiled and drunk
| as tea will make a person insane for
| life, it Is asserted. Among some people
of Mexico II Is believed that Carlotta,
| Empress of Mexico, lost her mind be-
cause she was given tolvache In re-
| freshment. Empress Carlotta was the
wife OF Emperor Macmillan. who was
| shot In Queretaro She lost her mind
| Immediately after her return to Europe
| from Mexico.
There Is in the State Of Michoacan
another plant the effects Of which upon
the human organism are very curious.
The plant grows wild in some parts OF
Michoacan and natives observed that
whenever they traversed a field where
! there were many of these plants they
lost all notion Of direction, being unable
to reach the place TO which they were
bound. An investigation was made and
II was found that the odor OF the plant
In question made temporarily insane
persons and animals. The insanity
caused by the odor 81 the plant is only
momentary and persons do not lose con-
troll OF themselves. They simply lose
memory OF everything. Of even what
happened a few minutes before, II 10
said 1t takes from three to four hours
for person affected by the odor Of tn.
plant to recover fully.
Another curious plant is the weed
called de las carreras. When a person
drinks a brew Of the leaves or seeds o.
the plant he feels an impulse to run
| until he drops exhausted.