See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, See also:

• LAT

Lat. cannabis)  , an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb (Cannabis saliva) having angular rough stems and alternate deeply lobed leaves . The bast See also:

• FIBRES
• FIBRES (or FIBERS, in American spelling; from Lat. fibra, apparently connected either with filum, thread, or findere, to split)

fibres of Cannabis are the See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, but, unfortunately, the products from many totally different See also:

• PLANTS

plants are often included under the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general name of hemp . In some cases the fibre is obtained from the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, while in others it comes from the See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf . See also:

• SUNN, or INDIA HEMP (Crotalaria juncea)

Sunn hemp, See also:

• MANILA

Manila hemp, Sisal hemp, and See also:

• PHORMIUM

Phormium (New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand See also:

• FLAX

flax, which is neither flax nor hemp) are treated separately . All these, however, are often classed under the above general name, and so are the following:—See also:

• DECCAN (Sans. Dakshina, " the South ")

Deccan or Ambari hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, an See also:

• INDIAN

Indian and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indian malvaceous plant, the fibre from which is often known as See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown hemp or Bombay hemp; Pite hemp, which is obtained from the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• ALOE

aloe, See also:

• AGAVE

Agave americana; and M.aotva or bowstring-hemp, Sansevieria zeylanica, which. is obtained from an aloe-like plant, and is a native of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon . Then there are See also:

• CANADA

Canada hemp, Apocynum rannabinum, See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky hemp, Uttica cannabina, and others . The hemp plant, like the See also:

• HOP (Ger. Hopfen, Fr. houblon)

hop, which is of the same natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, ;Cannabinaceae, is dioecious, i.e. the male and See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne on See also:

• SEPARATE

separate plants . The female plant grows to a greater height than the male, and its foliage is darker and more luxuriant, but the plant takes from five to six See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks longer to ripen . When the male plants are ripe they are pulled, put up into bundles, and steeped in a similar manner to flax, but the female plants are allowed to remain until the See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed is perfectly ripe . They are then pulled, and after the seed has been removed are retted in the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary way . The seed is also a valuable product; the finest is kept for See also:

• SOWING (from "to sow," O. Eng. shwan, cf. Du. zaaijen, Ger. saen, &c.; the root is seen in Lat. severe, cf. "seed")

sowing, a large quantity is sold for the See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food of cage birds, while the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder is sent to the oil See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills to be crushed . The extracted oil is used in the manufacture of See also:

• SOAP

soap, while the solid remains, known as oil-cake, are valuable as a food for See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle .

The leaves of hemp have five to seven leaflets, the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of which is lanceolate-See also:

• ACUMINATE (from Lat. acumen, point)

acuminate, with a serrate margin . The loose panicles of male flowers, and the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short spikes of female flowers, arise from the axils of theupper leaves . The height of the plant varies greatly with See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, See also:

• SOIL

soil and manuring; in some districts it varies from 3 to 8 ft., but in the See also:

• PIEDMONT (Ital. Piemonte; Low Lat. Pedemons and Pedemontium)

Piedmont See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province it is not unusual to see them from 8 to 16 ft. in height, whilst a variety (Cannabis sctiva, variety gigantea) has produced specimens over 17 ft. in height . All cultivated hemp belongs to the same See also:

• SPECIES

species, Cannabis saliva; the See also:

• SPECIAL

special varieties such as Cannabis indica, Cannabis chinensis, &c., owe their See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences to See also:

• CLIMATE

climate and soil, and they lose many of their peculiarities when cultivated in temperate regions . Rumphius (in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century) had noticed these differences between Indian and See also:

• EUROPEAN

European hemp . See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild hemp still grows on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• LOWER

lower Ural, and the See also:

• VOLGA (known to the Tatars as Etil, Jill or Atel; to the Finnish tribes as Rau, and to the ancients as Rha and Oarus)

Volga, near the See also:

• CASPIAN

Caspian See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea . It extends to See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, the See also:

• ALTAI (in Mongolian Altain-ula, the " Mountains of Gold ")

Altai range and See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and western See also:

• CHINA

China . The authors of the Pharmacographia say:—" It is found in See also:

• KASHMIR, or CASHMERE

Kashmir and in the See also:

• HIMALAYA

Himalaya, growing 10 to 12 ft. high, and thriving vigorously at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 6000 to 1o,000 ft." Wild hemp is, however; of very little use as a fibre producer, although a See also:

• DRUG
• DRUG (from Fr. drogue, a word common in Romance languages, cf. Span. and Ital. droga; the origin of the word is obscure, but may possibly be connected with Dutch droog, dry)

drug is obtained from it . It would appear that the native See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of the hemp plant is in some See also:

• PART

part of temperate See also:

• ASIA

Asia, probably near the Caspian-Sea . It spread westward throughout See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and southward through the Indian See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula . The names given to the plant and to its products in different countries are of See also:

• INTEREST

interest in connexion with the utilization of the fibre and See also:

• RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin . In Sans. it is called goni, sang, shanapu, banga and ganjika; in See also:

• BENGALI

Bengali, ganga; Pers. See also:

• BANG, HERMANN JOACHIM (1858– )

bang and canna; Arab. kinnub or cannub; Gr. kannabis; See also:

• LAT

Lat. cannabis; Ital. canappa; Fr. chanvre; Span. cdnamo; Portuguese, cdnamo; Russ. kon6pet; Lettish and Lithuanian, kannapes; Slay. konopi; Erse, canaib and canab; A .

See also:

• SAX, ANTOINE JOSEPH

Sax. hoenep; Dutch, hennep; Ger . Hanf; Eng. hemp; Danish and See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian, hamp; Icelandic, hampr; and in Swed. hantpa . The See also:

• ENGLISH

English word See also:

• CANVAS

canvas sufficiently reveals its derivation from cannabis . Very little hemp is now grown in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Isles, although this variety was considered to be of very See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good quality, and to possess See also:

• GREAT

great strength . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental hemp-producing countries are See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France; it is also grown in several parts of Canada and the See also:

• UNITED

United States and India . The Central Provinces, See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal and Bombay are the chief centres of hemp cultivation in India, where the plant is of most use for See also:

• NARCOTICS (Gr. vapKmnKbs, making numb)

narcotics .. The satisfactory growth of hemp demands a See also:

• LIGHT

light, See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich and fertile soil, but, unlike most substances, it may be reared for a few years in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession . The See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of sowing, the quantity of seed per See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

acre (about three bushels) and the method of gathering and retting are very similar to those of flax; but, as a See also:

• RULE

rule, it is a hardier plant than flax, does not possess the same pliability, is much coarser and more brittle, and does not require the same amount of See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention during the first few weeks of its - growth . The very finest hemp, that grown in the province of Piedmont, Italy, is, however, very similar to flax, and in many cases the two fibres are mixed in the same material . The hemp fibre has always been valuable for the rope See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, and it was at one time very extensively used in the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of yarns for the manufacture of See also:

• SAIL

sail See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, sheeting, covers, See also:

• BAGGING

bagging, sacking, &c . Much of the finer quality is still made into cloth, but almost all the coarser quality finds its way into See also:

• ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes and similar material . A large quantity of hemp cloth is still made for the British See also:

• NAVY

navy .

The cloth, when finished, is cut up into lengths, made into bags and tarred . They are then used as See also:

• COAL

coal sacks . There is also a quantity made into sacks which are intended to hold very heavy material . Hemp yarns are also used in certain classes of carpets, for special bags for use in cop See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing and for similar special purposes, but for the ordinary bagging and sacking the employment of hemp yarns has been almost entirely supplanted by yarns made from the jute fibre . Hemp is grown for three products—(1) the fibre of its stem; (2) the resinous secretion which is See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed in hot countries upon its leaves and flowering heads; (3) its oily seeds . Hemp has been employed for its fibre from See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient times . See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus (iv . 74) mentions the wild and cultivated hemp of See also:

• SCYTHIA (Gr. EKuOia)

Scythia, and describes the hempen garments made by the Thracians as equal to See also:

• LINEN

linen in fineness . See also:

• HESYCHIUS

Hesychius says the Thracian See also:

• WOMEN

women made sheets of hemp . Moschion (about 200 B.C.) records the use of hempen ropes for See also:

• RIGGING (A.S. wrigan or wrihan, to clothe)

rigging the See also:

• SHIP

ship Syracusia " built for See also:

• HIERO (strictly HIERON)

Hiero II . The hemp plant has been cultivated in northern India from a considerable antiquity, not only as a drug but for its fibre . The Anglo-See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons were well acquainted with the mode of preparing hemp .

Hempen cloth became See also:

• COMMON

common in central and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Europe in the 13th century . Hemp-resin.—Hemp as a drug or intoxicant for smoking and chewing occurs in the three forms of See also:

• BHANG

bhang, ganja and charas . 1 . Bhang, the Hindustani siddhi or sabzi, consists of the dried leaves and small stalks of the hemp; a few fruits occur in it . It is of a dark brownish-See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and has a faint See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar odour and but a slight See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste . It is smoked with or without See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco; or it is made into a sweetmeat with See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar and aromatic spices; or it is powdered and infused in See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

• WATER

water, yielding a turbid drink, subdschi . See also:

• HASHISH, or HASHEESH

Hashish is one of the Arabic names given to the Syrian and See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish preparations of the resinous hemp leaves . One of the commonest of these preparations is made by See also:

• HEATING

heating the bhang with water and See also:

• BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter, the butter becoming thus charged with the resinous and active substances of the plant . 2 . Ganja, the guaza of the See also:

• LONDON

London brokers, consists of the flowering and fruiting heads of the female plant . It is brownish-green, and otherwise resembles bhang, as in odour and taste . Some of the more esteemed kinds of hashish are prepared from this ganja .

Ganja is met with in the Indian bazaars in dense bundles of 24 plants or heads apiece . The hashish in such extensive use in Central Asia is often seen in the bazaars of large cities in the form of cakes, 1 to 3 in. thick, 5 to 10 in. broad and so to 15 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . 3 . Charas, or churrus, is the resin itself collected, as it exudes naturally from the plant, in different ways . The best sort is gathered by the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand like See also:

• OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium; sometimes the resinous exudation of the plant is made to stick first of all to cloths, or to the See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather garments of men, or even to their skin, and is then removed by scraping, and afterwards consolidated by kneading, pressing and See also:

• ROLLING

rolling . It contains about one-third or one-See also:

• FOURTH

fourth its See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of the resin . But the churrus prepared by different methods and in different countries differs greatly in See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance and purity . Sometimes it takes the form of See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg-like masses of greyish-brown colour, having when of high quality a shining resinous fracture . Often it occurs in the form of irregular friable lumps, like pieces of impure See also:

• LINSEED

linseed oil-cake . The medicinal and intoxicating properties of hemp have probably been known in See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental countries from a very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . An ancient See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese herbal, part of which was written about the 5th century B.e., while the remainder is of still earlierdate, notices the seed and See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower-bearing kinds of hemp . Other early writers refer to hemp as a remedy .

The medicinal and dietetic use of hemp spread through India, Persia and See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia in the early See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages . The use of hemp (bhang) in India was noticed by See also:

• GARCIA
• GARCIA (DEL POPOLO VICENTO), MANOEL (1775-1832)

Garcia d'See also:

• ORTA, LAKE OF

Orta in 1563 . Berlu in his See also:

• TREASURY

Treasury of Drugs (169o) describes it as of " an infatuating quality and pernicious use." Attention was recalled to this drug, in consequence of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon's See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian expedition, by de Sacy (1809) and Rouger (r81o) . Its See also:

• MODERN

modern medicinal use is chiefly due to trials by Dr O'Shaughnessy in See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta (1838-1842) . The plant is grown partly and often mainly for the See also:

• SAKE

sake of its resin in Persia, northern India and Arabia, in many parts of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa and in See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil . See also:

• PHARMACOLOGY

Pharmacology and See also:

• THERAPEUTICS (Gr. BepaaeuTLKIi, Sc. TEXVrt, from Beparebsty, to serve)

Therapeutics.—The See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of this drug is still extremely obscure; partly, perhaps, because it varies so much in individual specimens . It appears to contain at least two alkaloids—cannabinine and tetano-cannabine—of which the former is volatile . The chief active principle may possibly be neither of these, but the substance cannabinon . There are also resins, a volatile oil and several other constituents . Cannabis indica—as the drug is termed in the pharmacopoeias—may be given as an See also:

• EXTRACT (from Lat. extrahere, to draw out)

extract (dose 4-1 gr.) or See also:

• TINCTURE (Fr. teinture, Lat. tinctura, tingere, to dye, stain)

tincture (dose 5-15 minims) . The drug has no See also:

• EXTERNAL

external See also:

• ACTION

action . The effects of its absorption, whether it be swallowed or smoked, vary within wide limits in different individuals and races .

So great is this variation as to be inexplicable except on the view that the nature and proportions of the active principles vary greatly in different specimens . But typically the. drug in an intoxicant, resembling See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol in many features of its action, but differing in others . The early symptoms are highly pleasurable, and it is for these, as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of other stimulants, that the drug is so largely consumed in the East . There is a subjective sensation of See also:

• MENTAL

mental brilliance, but, as in other cases, this is not borne out by the See also:

• OBJECTIVE, or OBJECT GLASS

objective results . It has been suggested that the incoordination of See also:

• NERVOUS

nervous action under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Indian hemp may be due to See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent. and non-concerted action on the part of the two halves of the cerebrum . Following on a decided lowering of the See also:

• PAIN (from Lat. poena, Gr. robin, penalty, that which must be paid: O. Fr. peine)
• PAIN, BARRY (1867– )

pain and See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch senses, which may even See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete loss of cutaneous sensation, there comes a See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep which is often accompanied by pleasant dreams . There appears to be no See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence in the case of either the lower animals or the human subject that the drug is an aphrodisiac . Excessive See also:

• INDULGENCE (Lat. indulgentia, indulgere, to grant, concede)

indulgence in cannabis indica is very rare, but may lead to general See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health and occasionally to See also:

• INSANITY (from Lat. in, not, and sanus, sound)

insanity . The apparent impossibility of obtaining pure and trustworthy samples of the drug has led to its entire See also:

• ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")

abandonment in therapeutics . When a good See also:

• SAMPLE (through the O. Fr. essemple, from Lat. exemplum; a doublet of " example ")

sample is obtained it is a safe and efficient hypnotic, at any See also:

• RATE

rate in the case of a European . The tincture should not be prescribed unless precautions are taken to avoid the precipitation of the resin which follows its dilution with water . See See also:

• WATT, JAMES (1736-1819)

Watt, See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of the Economic Products of India .