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(147) Volume 2, Page 144
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| India Papers > Medicine - Drugs > Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895 > Volume II > (147) Volume 2, Page 144 |
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| Description | Lunatic Asylum, Madras, cont. |
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| Description | Volume 2: Appendices. Enquiry as to the connection between hemp drugs and insanity. |
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| Description | Report is based on research conducted August 1893-August 1894. The Commission interviewed nearly 2000 witnesses from medical officers to missionaries in 30 cities across India. Covers in detail the effect of hemp drugs (‘ganja’) on physical, mental and moral wellbeing. |
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| Description | The Drugs collection consists of 9 volumes from British India, dating from 1867 to 1903. Extensive research on hemp and opium usage, cultivation of cinchona trees and reports from Nilgiris plantation. Includes medicinal plants. Chloroform anaesthesia research described plus clinical trials and debates on its safety. |
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| Description | The India Papers collection contains publications of the central (Imperial) Government and many Indian states. Most states came under British rule. Much of the collection dates from between the post-Mutiny re-organisation of the Indian Government and Indian Independence in 1947. Some items published in London by John Murray. |
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