1 siml the pooler classes, as they are unable co pm-u.ru more
2 expensive spirits. Those who abstain from opium and poppy-
3 heads, also make use of a. draught of this hemp liquor ; for it is
4 notorious, that those who are addicted to opium must daily get
5 their accustomed draught, otherwise they suiter pain in all their
6 limbs. This, however, does not occur in using the hemp plant,
7 as they can abstain from it without any unpleasant effects; and
8 in my opinion it is the least prejudicial of all the intoxicating
9 beverages generally used, The longing for this drink; especially
10 among thi lower classes of the population, induced the late
11 gi;v< nlinent at Lahore to devote a ci-rtain sum for its preparation
12 end distribution, Not far iioni the outside of the Delhi gate,
13 near the road to Umritsir, close by my hospital, there was
14 an establishment called Seal Gouge, where this beverage was
15 delivered gratuitously. As might be expected, the Nahungs
16 flocked there in hordes, and this munificence was greatly abused.
17 1 made several trials on myself, my friends, and my domestics, to
18 ascertain its effects; and I found that inebriation commenced
19 aboyt lifdf-an-hour after taking it. and lasted about three h >urs,
20 tipon which a sound sleep ensued. Those who have partaken of
21 it, fed no ill effects on the following day ; tbercys none o' that
22 headache, giddiness, or nausea, &c. which generally follows
23 inebriation from wine or spirits. The intoxication is accom
24 panied by a good appetite, and the imbibers become excessively
25 jovial; laughing, joking, ami talking, often without control.
26 Even if the stomach is surfeited, no ill effect is experienced the
27 digestion is not thereby impaired, and no eostiveness is to he
28 feared. In the Bengal Dispensatory, p. f,84, it is Stated that the
29 composition of cannalw iridica, called inajpon, is most fascirating
30 in its effects, producing extatic happine.,*, a persuasion of high
31 cank, a sensation of flying, voracious appetite, and intense aphror
32 clisiue desire. In the same Dispensatory, p. 51) 1, it is mentioned
33 that in several cam of acute and chronic rheumatism, half-grain
34 doses of tin resin were given,,producing unequivocal aphirdisia,
35 and great mental cheerfulness; alleviation of pain in most
36 ins talipes, .»itd remarkable increase of appetite in all.