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
Materials:
glass and metal
type:
jar and cannabis
credit:
Wellcome Trust