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Never trust a doctor who's plants have died.
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Nice old score!So I got to hunting for an old Pharmacopoeia of the United States, was looking for something old, yet up till right before the advent of Corporate Medicine, but based upon accredited Scientific Principles, and application.
Everything was looking expensive, but this one was on auction.
This sucka's going to have pages up on pages of Cannabis goodies in it, plus a plethora on virtually every herbal/natural remedy and ailment known to man upwards of the 19th century. Plus, it' comes with a freaking awesome antique doctors scale to boot. lol, what a score. Is that some opium I see on the end of that old spoon? lol, I'm psyched.
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Here it is; nothing else on the back page. I'm just getting through the actual primary/secondary list at page 65 and into more detailed preparation side. Most of the previous sections contain some old world, or hillbilly chemistry. Certainly an interesting book. A real eye opener into how modern medicine has evolved. Giving people lead, mercury, and arsenic.And under capsicum the next one is capsaicum? :) maybe its the same thing..
That's why you need one of these...Damn, quite the volume of opium utilized in these recipes. It's kind of mind boggling to think at this time, it was likely readily available at scale. If one were to grow enough poppies to collect even close to five troy ounces of opium in the US today, they'd be locked up for intent to manufacture for sure.
So, you are going to scan each page for us? Wow, that's so wonderful of you!So I got to hunting for an old Pharmacopoeia of the United States, was looking for something old, yet up till right before the advent of Corporate Medicine, but based upon accredited Scientific Principles, and application.
Everything was looking expensive, but this one was on auction.
This sucka's going to have pages up on pages of Cannabis goodies in it, plus a plethora on virtually every herbal/natural remedy and ailment known to man upwards of the 19th century. Plus, it' comes with a freaking awesome antique doctors scale to boot. lol, what a score. Is that some opium I see on the end of that old spoon? lol, I'm psyched.
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lol, I'll post some relevant highlights, but if anyone's interested in anything specific, I'll post what I can find on those as well. TBH, looks like they were giving people some pretty crazy stuff. No doubt some doctors were killing some of the people they were trying to help, or at minimum, making some problems worse.So, you are going to scan each page for us? Wow, that's so wonderful of you!
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