01/03/2017
RARE Neurosine. Dios Chemical Company. THIS BOTTLE CONTAINED CANNABIS! I'm Freaking Out Right Now!
According to JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association):
Neurosine, . . . . , put out by the Dios Chemical Co., St. Louis. Neurosine is said to contain, in each fluidounce "Bromid of Potassium, C. P. 40 grains, Bromid of Sodium, C. P. 40 grains, Bromid of Ammonium, C. P. 40 grains, Bromid of Zinc 1 grain, Extract Lupulin 32 grains, Cascara Sagrada, fl. ex. 40 minims, Extract Henbane .075 grain, Extract Belladonna .075 grain, Extract Cannabis Indica .60 grain, Oil Bitter Almonds .060 grain, Aromatic Elixirs." No physician would think of prescribing all of the drugs in Neurosine for any one condition. The Dios Company urges the use of this nostrum for a host of conditions and without due consideration of its potent constituents. Not content with recommending the promiscuous use of this already too complex mixture, the Dios Co. advises physicians to combine it with other drugs. . . . . (Jour. A. M. A., Jan. 9, 1915, p. 165).