PREPARED AT THE
LABORATORY OF TILDEN & CO.,
NEW LEBANON, N. Y.,
AND
98 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
1858.
CANNABIS INDICA.
Indian Hemp, Foreign
The true Cannabis Indica is imported from India. It is cultivated largely
in parts of Europe and Asia.
MEDICAL PROPERTIES.
Phrenic, anæsthetic, anti-spasmodic and hypnotic. Unlike opium, it
does not constipate the bowels, lessen the appetite, create nausea, produce
dryness of the tongue, check pulmonary secretions or produce headache.
Used with success in hysteria, chorea, gout, neuralgia, acute and sub-acute
rheumatism, tetanus, hydrophobia and the like.
| PREPARATIONS.
|
| Fluid Extract............................
| Dose, 5 to 10 Drops.
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| Solid Extract............................
| " 1 to 2 Grains.
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| Pills.............................................
| Half and One Grain.
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| TINCTURE OF CANNABIS INDICA.
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| Fluid Extract............................
| Half Ounce.
|
| Diluted Alcohol.......................
| Twelve Ounces.
|
Dose — Half to one dram, and gradually increased in tetanus every
half hour until the paroxysms cease or catalepsy is induced.
| DRAUGHT OF CANNABIS INDICA.
|
| Tincture of Cannabis Indica.............
| Half Dram.
|
| Camphor Mixture................................
| One-and-a-half Ounces.
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