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| Summary: | Fitz Hugh Ludlow was a recent graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, when he vividly recorded his hasheesh-induced visions, experiences, adventures, and insights. During the mid-nineteenth century, the drug was a legal remedy for lockjaw, and Ludlow had a friend from whom he received a ready supply. He consumed such large quantities at each sitting that his hallucinations have been likened to those experienced by opium addicts. Throughout the book, Ludlow colorfully describes his psychedelic journey that led to extended reflections on religion, philosophy, medicine, and culture. F.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 314 pages). |
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| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page xxxvii). |
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| ISBN: | 9780813541143
081354114X
1281316555
9781281316554
9786611316556
6611316558
0813538688
9780813538686 |
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| Language Note: | English. |
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| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |
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| Action Note: | digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
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