Tincture of marijuana

Touting it as a nerve tonic, doctors began to prescribe tincture of marijuana for a variety of conditions. However, pharmacies posted a warning that large doses of this medicinal remedy were dangerous and considered narcotic (addictive). In addition, physicians found that cannabis stimulated the appetite. By 1887, dentists found hemp to be an excellent topical anesthetic for performing dental procedures on their patients. Cannabis was also found to be a powerful disinfectant. 

Tincture of marijuana (cannabis) was still listed in the Parke, Davis ik Co. pharmaceutical catalog of 1929. (Courtesy of Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D. 

In 1839, Or. W. B. O Shaughnessy stimulated the interest of Western medicine with his studies of marijuana in the treatment of various diseases. He found tincture of hemp to be an effective analgesic and to have anti-convulsant and muscle relaxant properties. Between 1839 and 1900 more than 100 articles appeared in scientific journals describing the medicinal qualities of the piant. In 1845 J. J. Moreau de Tours wrote of... 

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