History of Medicine — The Revolutionary War
…heroic, meaning the patient oftentimes was overdosed. Calomel is a form of mercury. Today we know this heavy metal to be a neurotoxin and a general, all around, poison to…
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The Spanish Flu
…one could get infected touching something that had been touched by an infected student. Dr Wood’s Treatment Regimen “Every patient received on admission a calomel purge and was placed on…
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History of Medicine 1800-1850
…few inorganic compounds, such as calomel (mercury), a favorite among regulars. Though herbs have been dropped from today’s Pharmacopoeia, approximately 40% of those drugs listed today are related to herbs…
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Civil War Medicine
…the medical department. In May 1863, Hammond issued a decree restricting calomel (mercurous chloride), a powerful laxative, which had been used to treat diarrhea. The medical thinking of the 1800s…
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The History of Medicine in America—The Beginnings
…were bleeding, purging, either by emetic or by enema, blistering, and poisoning. Did I say poisoning? I meant prescribing medicines. The most popular medicine of the time being Calomel, a…
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Here We Go Again: Science
…“conventional physicians,” mostly herbal but always there was that inorganic compound, calomel or as we call it today, mercury, a favorite among the “regulars.” And the “regulars” of this period…
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