EXPERIENCE WITH CHAULMOOGRA OIL DERIVATIVES IN TREATMENT OF LEPROSY
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[Chaulmoogra oil as scientific knowledge: the construction of a treatment for leprosy].
The article investigates how knowledge of medicinal plants and related treatment practices are assimilated and transformed. Taking as its focus the use of chaulmoogra oil to treat leprosy, it examines how information on this plant was incorporated and transformed into scientifically validated knowledge when 'Brazilian chaulmoogra' came onto the scene. Pointing to the addition of chaulmoogra byp...
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15 صفحه اولThe Gurjon Oil Treatment of Leprosy
Gurjun oil .. .. .. jtf. Lime water .. .. ,. ^ii. To be mixed together (so as to form an emulsion) and given internally twice a day in the morning and in the evening For external application gurjun oil one part, and lime water three parts, were directed to be thoroughly agitated with a churn until it formed something like butter, which has received the appellation of gurjun ointment; this was o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1922
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1922.02640060016006