History of Medicine — The Revolutionary War
…the Cinchona tree.” It was quinine that led to a cure for malaria. [Ref] Each physician had his own favorite medications, calomel and jalap being the favorites. The dose was…
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The Spanish Flu
…calomel purge and was placed on semiliquid diet during the febrile stage. He received from twenty to thirty grains of quinine and from twenty-five to forty grains of either strontium…
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History of Medicine 1800-1850
…with 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…
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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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