Brown glass, circle-based, half -fluted, containing B.D.H. Cannabin. Tannas.
- Made:
- London
- maker:
- British Drug Houses Limited
Brown glass, circle-based, half -fluted jar with metal screw cap and paper label, containing B.D.H. Cannabin. Tannas. Cannabinae Tannas powder, when mixed with water or alcohol, was used as a hypnotic in nervous sleeplessness and in acute mania. It also used to treat dysmenorrhoea and menorrhagia. Dose 4 to 8 grains, this is the dosage listed in the Extra Pharmacopoeia from 1936-1941.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A664588
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
