By the turn of the last century, pharmaceutical giant Parke, Davis & Co. had fully embraced cannabis as a medicine. The company’s 1901 edition of Physician’s Manual of Therapeutics contains over 400 references to cannabis, recommending it as a primary treatment for a wide range of conditions including migraines, inflammation, neuralgia and epilepsy. However, companyRead more
In 1898, Scientific American featured a comprehensive overview of contemporary medicinal cannabis research, prepared by Dr. G. Archie Stockwell. Stockwell noted the use of cannabis as a primary treatment for a wide range of conditions including migraine (“by long odds the best remedy known”), chronic pain, epilepsy, brain tumours, asthma, eczema, anorexia and even to “promote mental cheerfulness.”Read more
The Grand Hospital of Milan (founded in 1456) In April 1860, a 38-year old Italian man was bitten by a “mad dog” carrying the rabies virus. One month later, he was admitted to the historic Grand Hospital of Milan “suffering with all the symptoms” himself. He soon found himself in the care of Professor Giovanni Polli, aRead more
Excerpted from the Therapeutic Gazette, July 15, 1889, p. 483 BELLADONNA AND CANNABIS INDICA. – USE OF PER RECTUM IN GYNAECOLOGICAL PRACTICE In the Boston Med. and Surg. Journal, May 23, 1889, Dr. J. W. Farlow calls attention to the value of employing the absorbing power of the rectum in different affections of the pelvicRead more
The Therapeutic Value of Cannabis Indica highlights cannabis as a treatment for dementia, migraines, ulcers, depression, dementia and more. It also highlights the stumbling block physicians experienced with potencies varying wildly from one supplier to the next. The article first appeared in the New York Medical Journal and was reproduced in The Canada Medical Record in its November 1891 issue. Read more
Warmland has been collecting antique cannabis curiosities and rarities, many of which will soon be on display in the shop. Our latest acquisition is a bottle formerly containing Chlorodyne, manufactured in Philadelphia by Henry K. Walpole & Co. Chlororodyne was a popular remedy in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but its high opiate contentRead more
