Poison romance and poison mysteries / by C.J.S. Thompson.

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1899
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Credit: Poison romance and poison mysteries / by C.J.S. Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XVII. HASHISH AND HASHISH EATERS. ASHISH, or Bhang, is the native term applied to the dried flower- ing tops of the Indian hemp, from which the resin has not been removed. This plant, cultivated largely in India, is now considered to be the same, botanically, as the Cannabis sativa of European cultivation ; but there is great difference in their medicinal activity, that growing in India being much more powerful. Ganja is the native name for part
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