THE HERB OF PROPHECY.
THKdeputy of Oaxaca, Mr Perfect Carrera has taken to the city of Mexico a plant that grows in Mexico, which the natives call " the herb of prophecy." It is taken in various doses, and in a few moments a sleep is produced similar in all respects to, and we might say identical with, the hypnotic state—for the patient answers, with closed eyes, questions that oro put to him, and as completely insensible. The pathologic state induced on whomsoever partakes of the herb brings with it a kind of propheticgiftanddoubiosight. Further more, he loses his will, is completly under the control of another to such a degree that the sleeping person wonldleap from a balcony, shoot, or stab himself with a daggor, at any momeut, if ordered to do so. On returning to himself he remembers nothing of what he has done.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2742, 8 February 1890, Page 6 (Supplement)
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145THE HERB OF PROPHECY. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2742, 8 February 1890, Page 6 (Supplement)
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