1 Jan 1839 Jahr - William Brooke O'Shaunessy, India

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A young Irish surgeon published some of the first medical trials of Indian hemp (cannabis indica) on patients with rheumatism, cholera, and tetanus. His published observations are widely credited with introducing the medicinal potential of cannabis to the Western world.

William Brooke O’Shaughnessy, “Extract from a Memoir on the Preparations of the Indian Hemp, or Gunjah, (Cannabis Indica) their effects on the Animal system in Health, and their utility in the Treatment of Tetanus and other Convulsive Diseases”, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 8, no. 94 (1839): 839.

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