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  Chlorodyne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chlorodyne was the name for one of the most famous patent medicines sold in the British Isles.
Chlorodyne sold extremely well for many years; as its active ingredients were well known, local chemists shops would also make up cheaper generic versions for sale to their customers.
A common feature of the Coroner's report in such cases would be the description of the deceased's body being found in a flat or bedsit littered with empty Chlorodyne bottles.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chlorodyne   (377 words)

  
 MIGRAINE HEADACHE AND POWDERED CANNABIS
So successful was "CHLORODYNE" (for that was the name of the original preparation) in the hands of Dr. Browne that it rapidly acquired professional favor, notwithstanding the fact that its composition was kept a profound secret.
But in any case, no one is disputing that the drug came into being sometime around 1850 and that the name, Chlorodyne itself is a take-off on the two words, Cholera and Anodyne [meaning a pain killer].
But despite Chlorodyne's obvious strong points, as well as the fact that it contained Cannabis as one of its key ingredients, it is for the most part ignored by today's pro-medical Cannabis community.
antiquecannabisbook.com /chap10/Chlorodyne.htm   (1786 words)

  
 Marketing Techniques - Brands
Chlorodyne is the best remedy known for coughs, colds, consumption, bronchitis, asthma.
Chlorodyne acts like a charm in diarrhoea and is the only specific in cholera and dysentery.
Chlorodyne is the only palliative in neuralgia, rheumatism, gout, cancer, toothache, meningitis, and etc. Caution – Beware of Piracy and Imitation.
www.billhaley-central.com /brand.html   (583 words)

  
 Chlorodyne and Shinyaku   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
After his resignation from the army, the formula was given to a pharmacist in London for the purpose of manufacture and marketing as a patented medicine named Chlorodyne.
Chlorodyne was well-accepted as paregoric for several decades.
The formula of Chlorodyne was adopted in the 3rd Revision of the British Pharmacopoeia (1885) as "Compound Tincture of Chloroform and Morphine." In 1906, the 3rd Revision of Japanese Pharmacopoeia listed "Compound Tincture and Morphine" according to the formula of the 4th Revision of British Pharmacopoeia (1898).
www.anaesthetized.com /chlorodyne.html   (270 words)

  
 The Death Of Pierre Edward Calkin
She told him she had none, and that it was too early to procure any, and he went downstairs.
Dr E.Roberts, of 71 Peckham-rye, stated that he was called to see the deceased on Monday afternoon, and was told he had taken a bottle of chlorodyne.
Deceased, who was in bed, denied it, and said he had told his wife that he had done so to frighten her.
www.calkin.co.uk /calkin040_coroner.html   (578 words)

  
 Yesterdays - 17 September 1904
There was a bottle of chlorodyne kept in the shop used for mixing in cough tablets, and deceased knew where it was.
There was a smell of chlorodyne, and the cup found beside her had contained chlorodyne.
The cause of death, in his opinion, was chlorodyne poisoning.
www.rhodesfamily.org.uk /yesterdays/1904/17sep04.htm   (3005 words)

  
 Whitehern Museum Archives - Search Results
Chlorodyne was effective twice--taken at intervals of about a week--but no longer.
Paregoric, [cherry or chivas?] whisky &c., are more likely to put her wide awake than asleep, so the only thing is grin & bear it.
The child was possibly demonstrating signs of addiction, see footnotes below for "chlorodyne" and "paregoric." A similar comment is made by Isaac in 1887 about the sleeplessness of Margaret Edna, the youngest McQuesten child, who suffered all her life with emotional problems and eventually mental illness, see W2511.
www.whitehern.ca /result.php?doc_id=W2469   (701 words)

  
 Kipling and Medicine - Cholera
One of Martyn’s loaned policemen died of cholera when the Rains came, but there was no mention of a major cholera epidemic.
The “cholera-mixture” referred to in “William The Conqueror” may have been a mixture of tincture of ginger, aromatic spirits of ammonia, spirits of nitrous ether and brandy, or it may have consisted of a mixture of chloroform, aromatic spirits of ammonia, chlorodyne and brandy.
Chlorodyne was a mixture of chloroform and morphine.
www.kipling.org.uk /rg_med_cholera.htm   (1622 words)

  
 The Japanned Box Page 4
I had suffered a sleepless night from neuralgia, and about midday I had taken a heavy dose of chlorodyne to alleviate the pain.
Confused by the chlorodyne which I had taken, I lay motionless in a semi-conscious state.
The great room with its high walls covered with books loomed darkly all round me. A dim radiance from the moonlight came through the farther window, and against this lighter background I saw that Sir John Bollamore was sitting at his study table.
www.web-books.com /classics/Doyle/Terror/TerrorC10P4.htm   (1133 words)

  
 Chapter Paul Launches into Life of Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Mr Pappleworth arrived, chewing a chlorodyne gum, at about twenty to nine, when all the other men were at work.
He was a thin, sallow man with a red nose, quick, staccato, and smartly but stiffly dressed.
He vanished into darkness behind the great parcel-rack, reappeared coatless, turning up a smart striped shirt-cuff over a thin and hairy arm.
www.bibliomania.com /0/0/32/69/17013/15.html   (385 words)

  
 Science and Society Picture Library - Search
Bottle of Dr J Collis Browne's chlorodyne drops, English, late 19th century.
Collis Browne’s chlorodyne drops was one of a number of similar preparations, all containing opium, which first became popular in the late 18th century.
It was advertised as being a remedy for a vast spectrum of ailments ranging from toothache to cholera.
scienceandsociety.co.uk /results.asp?image=10288208&...&imagepos=12   (100 words)

  
 The Three Sisters by May Sinclair eBook by BookRags
Rowcliffe pointed to the little phial of chlorodyne lying in the straw.
And the little phial of chlorodyne was put back among the cobwebs and forgotten.
Down at the Vicarage the Vicar was wrangling with his youngest daughter.
www.bookrags.com /ebooks/11876/28.html   (428 words)

  
 A Biographical Sketch by blupete: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834): "Wrecked in a Mist of Opium."
An expanding variety of commercial preparations began to come on the market at mid-century [18th].
They were typified by the chlorodynes -- Collis Browne's, Towle's and Freeman's.
Chlorodyne: "A drug, popular as a narcotic and anodyne, composed of chloroform, morphia, tincture of Indian hemp, prussic acid, and other substances."
www.blupete.com /Literature/Biographies/Literary/Coleridge.htm   (12025 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions on Medical Cannabis - Green Party
There is evidence that cannabis has been used for over 12,000 years; there are texts from as far back as 2737B.C. which list the medicinal uses of cannabis (1), (2), (4), (8).
Medicinal products were often labelled as hemp or Indian hemp, for example, Grimaults Indian Cigarettes for asthma, Frozol-ice corn pads, Chlorodyne for dysentery, diarrhoea, fever, spasms, colds, coughs and bronchitis and doctors often prescribed Indian hemp for tetanus, venereal disease, delirium, increasing appetite and other ailments (2).
The medical uses of cannabis have recently been rediscovered by researchers and health practitioners around the world, and many countries are recognising these medicinal benefits by enacting changes to their laws.
www.greens.org.nz /searchdocs/other6530.html   (2513 words)

  
 Xenophobe's Guide to the English: Health and Hygiene
The origins of "J.Collis Browne's Chlorodyne" have become obscured by time.
The good doctor's patients obviously got about a bit.
One of the ecstatic endorsements accompanying his little bottles boasts: "I have even used chlorodyne with great effect on Mont Blanc."
www.langust.ru /review/xeno-bra.shtml   (541 words)

  
 Lilly CHLORODYNE Pharmacy Apothecary Bottle w/CANNABIS
Please refer to our stock # J953 when inquiring.
Offered for sale is a wonderful early 20th century, apothecary pharmacy bottle from Eli Lilly and Co. labeled “CHLORODYNE”.
The back side sports 2 labels, one of which mentions the 1906 Food and Drug Act, and the other indicates the pharmacy “L.J. Madsen and ?
www.trocadero.com /stonegate/items/396440/item396440.html   (119 words)

  
 The Internet Report - Mar 04
“After an extensive trial of your chlorodyne in Hospital, Infirmary and Private Practice, I am able to state that it is a valuable medicine,” wrote Dr Alfred Aspland to the makers of Towle’s Chlorodyne (a type of chloroform) in the 1860s.
Towle’s wasted no time in running Dr Aspland’s expression of satisfaction in their newspaper advertisements, while other companies peppered their notices with similar outpourings of delight.
I have bought around 40 lots since last July, and I’m having a ball and only this week listed my first item for sale.
www.ganews.co.uk /archive/internet0304.html   (918 words)

  
 SSDPTALK: Reefer Madness museum stuff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Cannabis, Elixir Lupulin, Elixir Cascara Sagrada) Tablets -- Chlorodyne [page 126] (ingredients Morphine hydrochloride, Ext.
Hyoscyamus, Oleoresin Capsicum, Oil Peppermint) -- [page 129 More Chlorodyne ] Tablets – Neuralgic Idiopathic [page 128] (ingredients Ext.
Belladonna Leaves) [NOTE:] The museum has scanned and copied numerous pre-1937 pharmaceutical (Price and Product) catalogs documenting well over 600 pre-1937 medical marihuana products.
ssdp.org /pipermail/ssdptalk/2005-November/000123.html   (462 words)

  
 Sleeping on long flights - What's the secret? - expatforums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Colis Brown's Chlorodyne worked well in the days when it's main
Re: Sleeping on long flights - What's the secret?
constipation, and J. Collis Brown's Chlorodyne, which contained
expatforums.com /t51800.html   (1577 words)

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