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- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- From: gardner@convex.com (Steve Gardner)
- Subject: Re: What is "Dowam Meskh" ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jun13.175755.10120@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1993 17:57:55 GMT
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- In article <1vflgm$6t@sun.Panix.Com> newsome@panix.com (Richard Newsome) writes:
- >In a 19th Century book I found a reference to an Egyptian drug called
- >"Dowam Meskh", which the author says he tried in Paris in the 1850's.
- >Can anyone identify this?
- An arab confection containing mostly Hashish. Theophile Gautier
- mentions it in "Le Club des Hachichins". By the way, a number
- of Gautier's works are available in english, I recommend them
- highly. The folks who regularly read this group would like
- his works, Gauthier was rather fond of recreational pharmaceuticals
- it seems. ;-)
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- >The author says that the compound is prepared in Cairo, and that he took
- >18 grains. In describing his experience he says it "perfectly illuminated me"
- >and to write him for more information if desired.
- Can't get it in Cairo without risk anymore. . . try Amsterdam
- the coffee houses should be able to set you up for illumination. ;-)
- But remember as ol' Theo would have said: "Ceci vous sera defalque
- sur votre portion de paradis".
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- smg
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