Much amusement has been caused (says a Petrograd correspondent) by.the announcement made there from time to time to the effect that the Austro-Ger-man soldiers are compelled by their superior officers to swallow pills to induce bravery. These pills, it was' stated, have the quality of appeasing hunger, but this is not the case. They are prepared from drags which havo an exciting effect on the human organisation. Thoso who swallow the pills feel slightly intoxicated, but the sensation of cheerfulness soon departs, and there is a reaction. People accustomed to take doses of cocaine state that the action of the pills resembles that of the drug. Two pills are given out to each man daily. The officers are often comI pellecl to make'the soldiers swallow the pills in their presence.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2664, 8 January 1916, Page 15
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130Untitled Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2664, 8 January 1916, Page 15
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