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CANNABIS & COMPOUND PHARMACEUTICALS [Cannabis being only one of the ingredients] 26.1 - CANNABIS & COMPOUND MEDICINES: By far the greatest number of Antique Cannabis Medicines, are in effect compound drugs, which by definition are physically composed of multiple ingredients --- Cannabis being just one of the ingredients. Thus there are those who question the inclusion of compound medicines in this catalog; ---- Their logic being that as Medical Cannabis was only one of the multiple ingredients, that therefore they were NOT pure Cannabis medicines and thus not eligible for inclusion. And while there is some truth in that; still as this is technically a basic price guide for Antique Cannabis Collectors, we would be reminisce in not mentioning them. Additionally, on a more somber note, by far the greatest number of Antique Cannabis Medicines were in effect compound drugs making the subject all but impossible to ignore. 26.2 - MEDICAL USES OF CANNABIS COMPOUND DRUGS: What exactly were these compound drugs used for? Admittedly while such knowledge would be a great finding tool for Antique Cannabis Collectors, still there are some moral and practical issues that prevent us from going into the subject. Please understand that there’s always some fool out there that’s going to try and (medically speaking) self diagnose. And hey, guess where he’s going to get his medical information from ---- Again, the author makes no pretense of having any medical training -- he has none. PLEASE Don’t You Be The Fool --- If you have a medical problem, see a trained health care provider. And don’t even think of using 19th Century drugs that have long ago become obsolete. Just look at some of the following(taken right off the labels): Strychnine, Opium, Potassium, Arsenic and those are just some of the co-ingredients found. Do your really want to self-diagnose with any of that stuff? 26.3 - PILL verses TABLETS verses CAPSULES : What’s the difference between any of the following: From a chemical or formulational point of view, I would have to say nothing*. But note that one is a pill, another a tablet and yet another a capsule. This means that this manufacturer would have had three different bottles or containers for this drug. Which in turn means that today’s Antique Cannabis Collectors have to be on the look out for any or all three bottles. * For our purposes the museum counts the above medicine(s) as being three distinctly different product(s). Again, some technical types might disagree, but this is after all only a price guide for antiques. 26.4 - COMPOUND CANNABIS DRUGS -- SOME EXAMPLES: OK, ok, I know, from a medical standpoint, this is probably one of the most un-scientific and wacko sorting systems possible. But if ones purpose is simply to locate these pre-1942 Medical Cannabis antiques then it makes a lot of sense. The idea is simple; instead of trying to list them via medical use, we shall instead list them via the drugs main label title. That is to say, if the label’s main headline reads “Zinc Phosphide Compound”, then that’s what we’ll index it by, “Zinc Phosphide”, irregardless of what other ingredients it contains. However, note that on the negative side -- Even though it might be possible for a compound drug to contain Zinc Phosphide (as an ingredient) unless it’s on the main labels headline, it won’t be indexed as such. Again, while awkward --- It does make it simple for antique collectors to find these Cannabis Compound Drugs. Allowing them to just look at the main title of the label. Note that as some compound drugs have their own dedicated chapters, no attempt will be made to list any of the following:
WARNING --- Due to TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS (which are probably many), the following contains numerous probable spelling and measurement errors. CANNABIS & DIGITALIS AND IRON: Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
pg. 70 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron Ext. Indian Cannabis, 1-6 gr. Fl. Ext. Digitalis 1-2 m. Reduced Iron 2 gr. BILLINGS CAPP Co. [1901] pg. 67 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron tablet Ext. Caan. Ind. 1-6 gr. Reduced Iron 2 gr. Fl. Ext. Digitalis 1-2 m. BURROUGH BROS. Mfg. Co. [1905] pg. 53 - Cannabis Indica Digitalis and Iron CLINTON E. WORDEN & Co.[1899] pg. 113 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron Extract Indian Cannabis 1-6 gr. Fluid Extract Digitalis 1-2 min Reduced Iron 2 gr. HANCE BROTHERS & WHITE [1909] pg 174 - Cannabis Indica Digitalis & Iron NATIONAL PHARMACY Co. [ ] pg 102 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron NELSON, BAKER & Co. [1902] pg 115 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron PARKE DAVIS[1894] pg 256 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron Physicians’ Pharmacal Co. [1902] pg 23 - Cannabis Indica, digitalis and Iron HENRY WAMPOLE [1906] pg 243 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron CANNABIS & PHOSPHORUS: Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
pg. 80 - Phosphorus and Cannabis Indica ALLAIRE WOODWARD [1934] pg. 52 - Phosphorus and Cannabis Indica - pill - granulated BILLINGS CAPP Co. [1901] pg. 51 - Phosphorus and Cannabis Indica - pill BURROUGH BROS. Mfg. Co. [1905] pg. 38 - Phosphorus and Cannabis Indica FREDERICK STEARNS & Co. [1915] pg. 110 - Phosphorus and Cannabis Indica -A Phosphorus 1-50 gr Extract Cannabis Indica 1-4 gr. pg. 110 - Phosphorus and Cannabis Indica -B Phosphorus 1-25 gr Extract Cannabis Indica 1-4 gr. NATIONAL PHARMACY Co. [ ] pg 63 - Phosphorus and Cannabis Indica NELSON, BAKER & Co. [1902] pg 90 - Phosphorus and Cannabis Indica PARKE DAVIS[1894] pg 272 - Phosphorus and Cannabis Indica CANNABIS & ZINC PHOSPHIDE: Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
pg 19 - Zinc Phosphide Compound pill ALLAIRE WOODWARD [1934] pg. 57 - Zinc Phosphide, Compound Phosphide Zinc 1/8 ht. Ext. Cannabis Indica 1/8 gr. Ext. Nue Vomica 1/8 gr. CLINTON E. WORDEN & Co.[1899] pg. 93 - Zinc phosphide Compound AMERICAN GRANULE & TABLET [1910] pg. 55 - 1196 - Cannabis and Zinc Phosphide Ext Cannabis Indica 1-10 gr. Zinc Phosphide 1-10 gr. BERLIN PHARMACAL Co. [1901] pg. 57 - 438 - Cannabis & zinc Phosphide ELI LILLY & Co. [1920] pg. 105 - Zinc Phosphide Compound FREDERICK STEARNS & Co. [1915] pg. 128 - Zinc Phosphide Comp., A Zinc phosphide 1-8 gr Extract Nux Vomica 1-8 gr. Extract Cannabis Indica 1-8 gr. HANCE BROTHERS & WHITE [1909] pg 80 - Phosphous and Cannabis Indica pg 113 - tablet Cannaibs Indica and Zinc Phosphide pg 162 - Zinc Phosphide comp. P.H. MALLEN CO. Zinc Phosphide Compound - pg. 70 PARKE DAVIS[1894] pg 283 - Zinc Phosphide Compound PARKE DAVIS[1913] pg 77 Zinc Phosphide Compound Squibb’s [1919] pg 424 - tablets Zinc Phosphide and Cannabis Compound UPJOHN Co. [1910] pg 211 - Cannabis and Zinc Phosphide Yates [ ] pg 52 - Zinc Phosphide Comp. HENRY WAMPOLE [1902] pg 22 - Cannabis Indica and Zinc Phosphide pg 242 - Cannabis Indica and Zinc Phosphide tablet HENRY WAMPOLE [1906] pg 95 - Cannabis Indica and Zinc Phosphide pg 135 - Zinc Phosphide comp. pg 164 - Cannabis Indica and Zinc Phosphide pg 227 - Zinc Phosphide Comp. pg 243 -Cannabis Indica and Zinc Phosphide CANNABIS & ERGOTIN:
Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
pg. 46 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica No. 1 pg. 46 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica No. 2 BRISTOL-MYERS Co. [1910] pg. 42 - Ergotin compound BURROUGH BROS. Mfg. Co. [1905] pg. 31 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica pg. 31 - Ergotin Comp. CLINTON E. WORDEN & Co.[1899] pg. 68 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica DRUGGIST COOPERATIVE Co. [1901] pg. 39 - Ergotin comp pill ELI LILLY & Co. [1920] pg. 99 - Ergotin and Cannabis pg. 99 - Egrotin compound HANCE BROTHERS & WHITE [1909] pg 66 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica pg 66 - Ergotin Comp H.K. MULFORD[1921] pg. 131 - Ergotin and Cannabis Comp. tablet NATIONAL DRUG Co. [1931] pg. 15 - Ergotin Comp NATIONAL PHARMACY Co. [ ] pg 56 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica NELSON, BAKER & Co. [1902] pg 84 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica NORWICH PHARMACAL CO. [1906] Ergotin and Cannabis Indica - pg. 13 Ergotin Compound - pg. 13 PARKE DAVIS[1894] pg 262 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica pg 284 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica PARKE DAVIS[1913] pg 64 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica UPJOHN Co. [1910] pg 36 - Ergotin compound pg 36 - Ergotin and Cannabis Indica CANNABIS & ARSENIC AND IRON: Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
pg. 70 - Cannabis Indica, Arsenic and Iron Ext. Indian Cannabis, 1-6 gr. Arsenous Acid, 1-60 gr. Reduced Iron, 1 gr. BREWER & Co. [1912-1913] pg. 108 - Cannabis indica, Arsenic and iron - tablet BURROUGH BROS. Mfg. Co. [1905] pg. 53 - Cannabis Indica Arsenic and Iron CLINTON E. WORDEN & Co.[1899] pg. 113 - Cannabis Indica, Arsenic and Iron PARKE DAVIS[1894] pg 356 - Cannabis Indica, Arsenic and Iron PARKE DAVIS[1913] pg 214 - Cannabis Indica, arsenic and Iron tablet HENRY WAMPOLE [1906] pg 243 - Cannabis Indica, Arsenic and Iron HANCE BROTHERS & WHITE [1909] pg 174 - Cannabis Indica Arsenic & Iron CANNABIS INDICA, DIGITALIS IRON: Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
pg. 70 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron Ext. Indian Cannabis, 1-6 gr. Fl. Ext. Digitalis 1-2 m. Reduced Iron 2 gr. BILLINGS CAPP Co. [1901] pg. 67 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron tablet Ext. Caan. Ind. 1-6 gr. Reduced Iron 2 gr. Fl. Ext. Digitalis 1-2 m. BURROUGH BROS. Mfg. Co. [1905] pg. 53 - Cannabis Indica Digitalis and Iron CLINTON E. WORDEN & Co.[1899] pg. 113 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron Extract Indian Cannabis 1-6 gr. Fluid Extract Digitalis 1-2 min Reduced Iron 2 gr. HANCE BROTHERS & WHITE [1909] pg 174 - Cannabis Indica Digitalis & Iron NATIONAL PHARMACY Co. [ ] pg 102 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron NELSON, BAKER & Co. [1902] pg 115 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron PARKE DAVIS[1894] pg 256 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron Physicians’ Pharmacal Co. [1902] pg 23 - Cannabis Indica, digitalis and Iron HENRY WAMPOLE [1906] pg 243 - Cannabis Indica, Digitalis and Iron STRYCHNINE COMPOUND:
Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
pg. 56 - Strychnine Co. Strychnine, 1-100 gr. Carbonate of Iron, 1 gr. Phosphorous, 1-100 gr. Po. ginseng. 1 gr. Ext. Cannabis Ind., 1-16 gr. BERLIN PHARMACAL Co. [1901] pg. 205 - 2237 - Strychnine and Phosphorus Compound. BILLINGS CAPP Co. [1901] pg. 54 - Strychnine comp. Strychnia 1-100 gr. Ext. Cannabis Ind. 1-16 gr. Phosphorus 1-100 gr. Ferrons Carb. Mass (Vallet’s) 1 gr. CLINTON E. WORDEN & Co.[1899] pg. 90 - Strychnine Compound Strychnine 1-100 gr. Ext. Cannabis Indica 1-16 gr. Phosphorus 1-100 gr. Iron proto-carb., Va., 1 gr. E.L. PATCH Co. [1906] pg. 144 - Strychnine Comp. MONTGOMERY WARDS & CO. [1902] Strychnine Comp. - pg. 16 NORWICH PHARMACAL CO. [1906] Strychnine Compound - pg. 26 PARKE DAVIS[1894] pg 280 - Strychnine SCHIEFFELIN & Co. [1893] pg 55 - Strychnine Comp. Strychniae 1-100 gr. Phosphori 1-100 gr. Ext. Cannabis Ind. 1-16 gr. Pulv. Rad. Ginseng 1 gr. Ferri Carb. 1 gr. W.H. SCHIEFFEINE & CO. Strychnine Comp. - pg. 55 SQUIBB’s [1919] pg 344 - tablets Cannabis and Strychnine compound WEEKS DRUG & CHEMICAL CO. pg. 100 - Strychnine Compound Strychnine 1/100 gr. Phosphorus 1/100 gr Ext. Cannabis Indica 1/10 gr. Iron Carbonate 1 gr. HENRY WAMPOLE [1906] pg 132 - Strychnine Comp. DAMIANA COMPOUND: Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
pg. 97 - Damiana Compound No. 2 Zinc phosphide 1-10 gr Extract Indian Cannabis 1-4 gr. Strychnine sulphate 1-40 gr. Extract Damiana 1-1-2 grs. BRISTOL-MYERS Co. [1910] pg. 69 - Damiana compound - Dr. La Madrid CHICAGO PHARMACAL Co. [1912] pg. 29 - Damiana comp. No.2 ; tablet COLUMBUS PHARMACAL Co. [?] pg. 85 Damiana Compound Zinc Phosphide 1-10 gr. Ext. of Cannabis Indica 1/4 gr. Strychnine Sulphate 1-40 gr. Ext. of Damiana 1 1/2 gr. ELI LILLY & Co. [1920] pg. 138 - Damiana Compound La Madrid E.L. PATCH Co. [1906] pg. 26 - Damiana Comp. No 2 H.K. MULFORD[1921] pg. 125 - Damiana Comp., no 2 NATIONAL DRUG Co. [1931] pg. 51 - Damiana Comp NELSON, BAKER & Co. [1902] pg 145 - Damiana, Compound Dr. LaMadrid NORWICH PHARMACAL CO. [1906] Damiana Comp. - pg. 52 PARKE DAVIS [1913] pg 221 - tablets Damiana Compound Dr. LaMadrid SHARP & DOHME [1929] pg. 76 - Damiana Comp. No. 2 Ext. Cannabis 1-4 gr. Strychnine sulphate 1-40 gr. Ext. Damiana 1 1-2 gr. Zinc phosphide 1 -10 gr. SMITH KLINE FRENCH [1906] pg 98 - Damiana Comp. Dr. LaMadrid UPJOHN Co. [1910] pg 218 - Damiana compound Dr. LaMadrid HENRY WAMPOLE [1902] pg 30 - Damiana Comp - Dr. La Madrid Ext. Damiana 1 1/2 gr. Zinc Phosphide 1/10 gr. Ext. Cannabis. Ind. 1/4 gr. Strych. sulph. 1/40 gr. DAMIANA COMPOUND (Dr. LaMadrid) Zinc phosphide 1-10 gr. Ex. Indian Cannabis 1-4 gr. Strychnine sulphate 1-40 gr. Ext. Damiana 1 1/2gr. CANNABOID AND ATROPINE COMPOUND: Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
pg. 45 - 371 - Cannaboid and Atropine compound Pills BERLIN PHARMACAL Co. [1901] pg. 191 - 2067 - Cannabin & Atropine comp. E.L. PATCH Co. [1906] pg. 62 - Cannabin and Atropine comp. CANNABIN COMPOUND: Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
pg. 55 - 1193 - Cannabin Compound AMERICAN FERMENT CO. Pg. 35 - Cannabin comp. No. I Cannabin 1-10gr. zinc Phosphide 1-100 gr. Strych. Phosphide 1-40 gr. Anenine 1-200 gr. Pg. Cannabin comp., No. 2 Cannabin 1-10 gr. Zinc Phosphide 1-10 gr. Strych. Phosphide 1-40 gr. Avenine 1-200 gr. BRISTOL-MYERS Co. [1910] pg. 64 - Cannabin compound COLUMBUS PHARMACAL Co. [?] pg. 76 - T - 387 Cannabin Compound Ext. of Cannabis Indica 1-10 gr. Zinc Phosphide 1-10 gr. Strychnine Sulphate 1-40 gr. Avenine 1-200 gr. Maltbie Chemical co. [1914] pg 9 - Cannabin Comp H.K. MULFORD[1921] pg. 115 - Cannabin comp. Tablets NORWICH PHARMACAL Co. [1913/1914] pg 41 - Cannabin Compound tablet SCHMID-CHEMICAL. pg. 29 - Cannabin Compound Cannabin 1-10 gr. Zinc phosphide 1-10 gr. Strychnine sulphate 1-40 gr. Avenine 1-200 gr. UPJOHN Co. [1910] pg 210 - Cannabin Compound JOHN WYETH & BROTHER [1925] pg 9 - Cannabin Comp. Cannabin 1-10 gr. Zinc Phosphide 1-10 gr. Strychnine Phosphate 1-40 gr. Avenin 1-200 gr. HENRY WAMPOLE [1902] pg 242 - Cannabin Comp. tablet Cannabin 1/10 gr. Zinc Phosphide 1/10 gr. Strych Phosphate 1/40 gr. Avenine 1/200 gr. (LABEL READS) CANNABIN BELL Ext. Cannabis gr. 1-8 Strychnia Sulphate gr. 1-40 Zinc Phosphide gr. 1-10 [MORE] CHLORAL HYDRATE COMPOUND: Skim reading through several of the museums old Pharmaceutical Price & Product catalogs, lists the following:
Chloral Hydrate Comp. No2 - pg. 53 NATIONAL DRUG Co. [1931] pg. 47 - Chloral hydrate comp. NORWICH PHARMACAL CO. [1906] Chloral Hydrate Compound - pg. 48 SCHMID-CHEMICAL. pg. 83 - Tablet Chloral Hydrate Compound TELDEN Company [1910] pg 28 - Chloral Hydrate comp. WEEKS DRUG & CHEMICAL CO. pg. 114 - Chloral Hydrate Comp. Chloral Hydrate 2 1/2 gr. Potassium Bromide 2 1/2 grs. Ext. Cannabis Indica 1/4 gr. Ext. Henbane 1/4 gr. Zinc Bromide 1/20 gr. HENRY WAMPOLE [1902] pg 245 - Chloral Hydrate Comp. Chloral Hydrate 2 1/2 gr. Potass. Bromide 2 1/2 gr. Ext. Cannabis Ind. 1/4 gr. Ext. Hyoscyam 1/2 gr. Zinc Bromide 1/20 gr.
26.5 - SHOTGUN MEDICINES: Surprisingly enough, as a museum we’ve haven’t been able to locate very many “Shotgun Medicines” which contained Medical Cannabis. “Shotgun Medicines,” being the term (we believe it was coined by the AMA) to describe drugs used to treat multiple but similar ailments. The idea was simple: What if one had a general idea, but didn’t exactly know what the exact ailment was? The solution being to just give the patient a medicine that treated everything at once --- thus the term Shotgun. The concept itself wasn’t all that bad, and to this day doctors still use the concept of (prescribing multiple drugs at once), when they don’t know exactly what’s wrong or have no way of performing the proper tests. However, in terms of actual Shotgun Drugs, as one could guess, the AMA had a fit about it. NEUROSINE To the best of our knowledge, this is the only true "Shotgun Drug," making use of Cannabis that we've been able to find. As can be seen it's NOT a quack medicine, but its not standard either. The idea is that one of the included ingredients would fix what-ever it was that was ailling you, and the others won't kill you. -- Again the AMA didn't like that approach -- not one bit at all. (LABEL READS) The Standard Neurotic Anti-Spasmodic, Anodyne and Hypnotic FORMULA - Each Fluid-drachtn represents . . . . [MORE] The following, taken from the "Medical Review Journal" is (how shall I say it) the most unusual case we’ve come across so far. “A Shotgun with a Vengeance.---Our readers may remember that some time ago we published the ingredients [given for] a Texas "shotgun" prescription. One of our subscribers in Alabama sends us the following which out-Herods Herod:
Potass, iodide, - - 5'j Lime iodide, .... gr.xx. Arsenic iodide, - - - grj. Sulphur iodide, - gr.xx. Tr. cactis grand., - - 3ij. Potass, bromid., - - 3'v Aramon. bromid., - 3'v Sodse bromidi, - - 3iv. Tr. Stramonium, - - - 3J Tr. belladonna, ... gj. Tr. nucis vom., - - - 3J Tr. cannabis Ind., gij. Tr. pulsatilla., - - 3j. Tr. nicretine, - 3iv. Tr. Rhus tor., 3J. Aquse, ... gjj. Syr. q. s, - 3vj And a homeopath wrote this! --- Medical Review 1892 - pg 117 WANT TO KNOW MORE: ===================== Due to space / download time considerations, only selected materials are displayed. If you would like to obtain more information, feel free to contact the museum. All our material is available (at cost) on CD-Rom format. CONTACT PAGE
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