History of Medicine — The Revolutionary War
…for malaria. [Ref] Each physician had his own favorite medications, calomel and jalap being the favorites. The dose was heroic, meaning the patient oftentimes was overdosed. Calomel is a form…
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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
…right around 30 different drugs prescribed during their entire career. The Pharmacopoeia of 1820 consisted mainly of herbal medicines, with few inorganic compounds, such as calomel (mercury), a favorite among…
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Civil War Medicine
…calomel (mercurous chloride), a powerful laxative, which had been used to treat diarrhea. The medical thinking of the 1800s focused on the bowels and bladder. If a good bowel movement…
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The History of Medicine in America—The Beginnings
…poisoning. Did I say poisoning? I meant prescribing medicines. The most popular medicine of the time being Calomel, a form of mercury. An interesting aside is the fact that it…
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