CHEM 183 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: William Osler, Roddick Gates, Thomas George Roddick
31 Oct 2017
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Blood letting : bad blood , believed that heart has to pump too much blood, ineffective. Lanoxin (digoxin) tablets : extracted from foxglove plant, helps support failing heart, was considered a miracle drug. Erasmus darwin : grandfather of charles darwin, worked on foxglove at the same time, insisted his son get credit for the discovery. First medical journal (1770, north america) : magazine style, not peer reviewed, topics in the journal : plague of athens (430-472 bc) : medical mystery. Abrupt strong fever and foul breath -> vomiting, skin blisters, ulters -> extreme diarrhea causing rapid death on the 7th-9th day. Profile similar to ebola virus of recent years: remarks of manures : not medical, but countries were trying to put food on the table. Repeated planting of the same vegetable cause shortage in certain nutrients in the soil, manures was used to get a better soil quality. Conditions started to improve in the 1800s :
