Talk:Piso's Cure for Consumption
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Sources
- Oleson, Secret Nostrums (1894), preface and p. 137 (Wellcome scan; p. 137 from the page image). The formula is credited to the New Idea.
- American Medical Association, Nostrums and Quackery [1911], p. 350, reprinting the list from the report of the President's Homes Commission.
Is it cannabis?
Both sources name Cannabis indica.
Not stated
- The maker, the date of first sale and whether later formulas kept the cannabis.