Four early clinical studies to assess the effects of Peruvian bark

Maehle, Andreas-Holger

Abstract

From the late seventeenth century onwards, in vitro and animal experimentation, chemical tests and microscopical observation, and the analysis of single case histories were used to understand the pharmacology and therapeutic properties of the Peruvian bark. Four examples illustrate how “clinical experiments” with the bark were made during the last third of the eighteenth century: in a hospital, the army, the navy, and finally in private practice.

Citation

Maehle, A. (2013). Four early clinical studies to assess the effects of Peruvian bark. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 106(4), 150-155. https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076813482256

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Apr 20, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 7, 2014
• Journal: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Print ISSN: 0141-0768
• Electronic ISSN: 1758-1095
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 106
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 150-155
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076813482256
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1487154