I could have been doing vick's inhalers extractions for quite a while when I tried this, that could have had a similar effect around that time, but no so strong, I'm sure certain neurotransmitters could have been depleted. I wonder what the end product is? Maybe I'll have it analyzed someday. The ammonium salt, or amide of ~p-CH3CH2n[branched]
C6H5SO3H? Just posted it as a curiosity. He didn't give a ref as to where he found it, just that it was from the beginning of that century, and was a formula for a type of homemade speed.
The rest of the book seemed quite useful. Amphets, amyl nitrite, tryptamines, a cyclic sufur containing narcotic, advice on purchasing ware and chems, making equipment, etc.