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honour of Menelaus, Helen is said to have received the plant 
from a woman of Egyptian Thebes. Galen (De Simpl., lib. vii.) 
made use of it as a remedy for toothache. Dioscorides recom- 
mends it in the form of cataplasms to soothe inflammations and 
discuss tumours. Pliny mentions it under the name of Can- 
nabis. Paulus Agineta says the fruit is carminative and 
desiccative, and the juice of it when green useful for pain and 
obstructions in the ears. The Arabian physicians Avicenna 
and Serapion describe it with great accuracy. It is known in 
India under a variety of vulgar names, such as, “ grass of 
faqueers,” “leaf of delusion,” ‘ increaser of pleasure,” “ exciter 
of desire,” “ cementer of friendship,” “ laughter-mover.” It 
was used as an intoxicating substance in very early times both 
in Asia and Egypt. 
Cannabis* has been employed in allopathic practice chiefly in 
the following cases: Rheumatism. Jaundice. Worms. Catarrhs. 
Tetanus traumaticus (Cann. ind.) Hydrophobia (Cann. ind.) 
Weariness of pedestrians. Podagra. Burns (the oil out of the 
seed, hemp-seed oil?) Measles and smallpox. Erysipelas. 
Cephalalgia. Rheumatic affections of the eyes. Pains in the 
ears. Cholera (Cann. ind.) Diarrhea. Bloody evacuations. 
Dysentery. Inflammation and suppuration of the bowels. 
Diseases and painful complaints of the urinary organs. Cys- 
todynia. Urodialysis senilis. Strangury from inflammation of — 
the urinary ducts, for instance, in gonorrhea or from stonesin 
the bladder and kidneys. (Willis recommends Cannabis and — 
belladonna for obviating the attacks during the passage of the 
calculi through the ureter.) Gonorrhea ; for the ‘suppressing 
of it, and for restoring it when suppressed. Want of sexual 
inclination. Sterility. Excessive sexual irritation. Nympho- 
mania. Suppressed lochial discharge. Leucorrhea. Catarrhal 
hoarseness. Hooping-cough (Huland). Dry, irritating cough. 
Swelling of the breasts. 
* Noack and Trinks’ Handbuch fir Hom. Arzncimittellebre. 
