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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
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. ;-)
>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".
smg