Perchloride of Mercury and Cannabis Indica in Dysentery

Seeing that the use of mercury has been deprecated in all stages and forms of dysentery (Maclean in Russell Reynolds' .System of Medicine), I hesitated for sometime to use the perchloride in a declared case of that disease; but at length, after noting its great value iu many cases of diarrhoea, as previously mentioned, I was induced to try it in acute dysentery ; the results were highly satisfactory. Some time ago, having heard a good deal of the value of cannabis iudica in dysentery, I gave that drug a short trial, but finding little or no benefit from its use, some gave it up. Receutly again I tried it against the perchloride, with the result that in some cases it appeared to be of considerable value, while iu others it was quite ineffectual. At this time some cases occurred which did not yield readily to the perchloride treatment. An addition of ten minims of tincture of cannabis indica, to each dose of the perchloride mixture, was in each of these cases followed by rapid improvement and cure. I have almost invariably given the two drugs in combination as follows :?