Fitz Hugh Ludlow: 4 books

Fitz Hugh Ludlow's autobiographical work The Hasheesh Eater contains Ludlow's experiences with hashish. First published in 1857. Includes: Excerpt from the 1843 Dispensatory of the USA, Entry on Cannabis, Excerpt from The Chemistry of Common Life, Chapter on Narcotics, the essay The Apocalypse of...

"My head expanded wider and wider, revolving with inconceivable rapidity, and enlarging in space with every revolution. It filled the room - the house - the city; it became a world, peopled with the shapes of men and monsters. I spun away into its great vortex, and wandered about its expanses...

"My head expanded wider and wider, revolving with inconceivable rapidity, and enlarging in space with every revolution. It filled the room - the house - the city; it became a world, peopled with the shapes of men and monsters. I spun away into its great vortex, and wandered about its expanses as about...

First published in 1857, American author Fitz Hugh Ludlow’s The Hasheesh Eater is one of the first examples of addiction literature. The book recounts Ludlow’s initial fascination and subsequent addiction to hasheesh (hashish), and includes many detailed descriptions of the hallucinations he experienced...