
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…
Read More ……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…
Read More ……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…
Read More ……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…
Read More ……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…
Read More ……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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