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  "textContent": "On the morning of March 5, 1884, Dr. Frank Dudley Beane of New York dosed himself with 7½ minims of cannabis indica alongside 22½ minims of ergot, both from Parke, Davis & Co. He was trying to treat chronic pelvic pain. — Read the rest \n\nThe post In 1884, a doctor ate too much cannabis and his arms shrank to five inches  appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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