Cannabis Indica Indian Hemp, Foreign

from catalog of Tilden & Co., prepared at the laboratory of Tilden & Co., New Lebanon, N.Y., and 98 John St., New York City. 1858.
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.

 
Fluid Extract............................ Dose, 5 to 10 Drops.
Solid Extract............................ " 1 to 2 Grains.
Pills............................................. Half and One Grain.
 
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.
 
Tincture of Cannabis Indica............. Half Dram.
Camphor Mixture................................ One-and-a-half Ounces