Note 6 — APPENDIX 6: PHYSIOLOGY OF PEYOTE
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Rouhier, op. cit., 231. I have modified and added to Rouhier’s classifications. Ellis (Mescal: A New Artificial Paradise) describes the effects on the central nervous system as “acute cerebrasthenia.” The lethal dose of anhalonine hydrochloride for rabbits is 0.16 to 0.2 grams per kilogram of body weight; lophophorine kills frogs by a dose of only 0.011 grams per kilogram of body weight. (Henry, op. cit., 199).