The elements of materia medica and therapeutics

Pereira, Jonathan; Crosby, Thomas Boor; Rees, George Owen; Taylor, Alfred S.

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“…Following leech treatment, curious methods of bloodstopping were used, such as the application of scraped lint, burnt rags or cobwebs (Adams, 1988). Other treatments, such as silver nitrate pencils and red-hot knitting needles, were also applied (Pereira, 1854, in Adams, 1988. Leeching was largely abandoned as medical science advanced, only occasionally being called upon to treat minor bruising, such as the treatment of black eyes (Adams, 1988).…”

Section: Leeches In Medicinementioning

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The captive breeding and educational display of the Medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Linnaeus 1758) at Bristol Zoo Gardens

Spencer¹,

Jones²

2007

International Zoo Yearbook

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This paper provides information on the culture of the Medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis, including housing and environmental requirements, husbandry protocols and captive breeding. The conservation status of the Medicinal leech and issues surrounding its preservation, and also uses for this species in medicine and as an educational‐display subject, are discussed. This species has been maintained at Bristol Zoo Gardens, UK, from May 1996 to the present and has been bred successfully since 2001. The Medicinal leeches that are used in both the husbandry trials and educational display at Bristol Zoo Gardens originated from Turkish stock and were obtained from Biopharm UK Ltd, Dyfed, UK.

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Section: Leeches In Medicinementioning

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The captive breeding and educational display of the Medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Linnaeus 1758) at Bristol Zoo Gardens

Spencer¹,

Jones²

2007

International Zoo Yearbook

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“…Przygoda et al 13. remarked correctly: “ Merely to deny the phenomenon of the Styrian arsenic eaters on the grounds of ‘common sense’ is not scientifically tenable .” 13 But exactly this was the procedure used by the critics45, 56–61, 101 of this legend.…”

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“…Owing to such inconsistencies in von Tschudi’s reports34, 35 it is understandable that they were the subject of great debate 6. 36, 49–61 While von Bibra,6 Johnston,36 and Husband49, 50 recognized von Tschudi's assertions as undisputable facts, Kesteven considered them “ strong stuff ” 62 and writes, referring to Taylor,59 Christison,60 and Pereira:61 “ the story of the Styrian arsenic eaters is not only unsupported by adequate testimony , but is inconsistent , improbable , and utterly incredible ”,58 which he justifies by the following arguments:…”

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“…For example, Taylor and Rees write in a footnote to Pereira’s Materia Medica :61 “ the so called ‘undisputed facts’ regarding the benefit derived from arsenic eating have been rejected by all authorities of repute .”61 Christison also attached great importance to the doctrine; he maintains: “ all medical men, experienced in the use of arsenic as remedy, will treat the story of the Styrian arsenic eater as a pure fable .” 60…”

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The Phenomenon of the Styrian Arsenic Eaters from the Perspective of Literature, Chemistry, Toxicology, and History of Science—“Strong Poison” or “Simple‐Minded Reasoning”?

Wallau

2015

Angew Chem Int Ed

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The arsenic eaters of Styria, who were supposedly immunized against the toxic effects of arsenic (As2 O3 ), appeared increasingly in scientific and popular literature in the second half of the 19th century. This Essay starts with a depiction of this phenomenon from a detective novel and questions whether the observations and scientific knowledge at that time can confirm this legend. Figure from J. H. Pepper, The Boy's Book of Metals, p. 433.

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“…. careful not to assume that because opium in large doses, when taken by the mouth, is a powerful poison, and when smoked to excess is injurious to health, that, therefore, the moderate employment of it is necessarily detrimental' (Pereira, 1839±40).…”

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Two Tales of Addiction; Opium and Nicotine

Berridge

1997

Hum. Psychopharmacol. Clin. Exp.

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The paper traces the dierent history of the concept of addiction in relation to the use of opiates from its history in relation to the use of nicotine. Addiction had its origin in the 19th century, speci®cally through the concept of inebriety, so far as opium was concerned. For nicotine, the concept of addiction is a more recent arrival. The paper identi®es a number of factors which have contributed to the dierent trajectories. These include dierent roles within popular culture and consumption; and the establishment of policy round the acceptance of addiction for drugs as early as the 1920s. Smoking, by contrast, remained on the fringes of the`medical model' at that time. Dierent concepts were subsequently supported by dierent medical coalitions. There has, in the post-war period, been psychiatric ownership of drug addiction by comparison with the initial public health/epidemiologic route for smoking. The paper argues that recent events Ð AIDS for drug use and the concepts both of passive smoking and of addiction for smoking, are bringing the public health and addiction constituencies closer together for both substances.

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The elements of materia medica and therapeutics

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The captive breeding and educational display of the Medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Linnaeus 1758) at Bristol Zoo Gardens

The captive breeding and educational display of the Medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Linnaeus 1758) at Bristol Zoo Gardens

The Phenomenon of the Styrian Arsenic Eaters from the Perspective of Literature, Chemistry, Toxicology, and History of Science—“Strong Poison” or “Simple‐Minded Reasoning”?

Two Tales of Addiction; Opium and Nicotine

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