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Til 



many 



O'Shavigli- 



nessy tried it with more or less success iu various diseases, 

 especially in tetanus, liydropliobia, rheumatism, the convulsions 

 of children and cholera. Subsequent experience has confirmed 

 the value of the drug as a remedy in tetanus and cholera. In 

 the former disease we have obtained most satisfactory results, 

 large dose^ are required, and the patient must be lvej)t under 

 the influence of the drug for some days. 



In cholera its action may be compared with that of opium; it 

 is most likely to be successful when resorted to early in the 

 disease. People suffering from painful chronic diseases, such 

 as rheumatism, are completely relieved of their pains by hemp, 

 but as the effects of the drug go off, the pains return ; some of 

 O'Shaughnessy's patients became cataleptic whilst under its 

 influence. Christison, speaking of Indian Hemp, says : 

 '* I have long been convinced, and new experience confirms the 

 conviction, that for energy, certainty, and convenience, it is 

 the next anodyne, hypnotic and antispasmodic, to opium and its 

 derivatives, and often equal to it. " 



Among the ^' special opinions ^^ collected by Dr. Watt for the 

 Diet, of the Econ. Prod, of India, we observe that Dr. S. J. Ronnie 

 recommends the tincture in doses of from lo to 20 minims three 

 times a day in acute dysentery, and states that he, as well as 

 other medical officers, obtained excellent results with it. Dr. J, 



E. T. Aitchison states that the oil of the seeds, known as 

 Kandir yah in Turkistan, is used in Kashmir as a liniment 

 for rheumatic pains. Others notice it as having valuable 

 narcotic, diuretic and cholagogue properties. ( Op. cit.^ 

 vol. ii., p. 124.) 



A. Aaronson states in the British Journal of Dental Sciencej 

 that the tincture as a local anaesthetic is perfectly satisfactory. 

 He has extracted with its aid as many as twenty-two teeth and 

 stumps at one sitting. His plan is to dilute the tincture some 

 three or five times, according to the probable duration of the 

 oj)cration. The diluted tincture is then applied on cotton 



