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Diuretics
. Ed(S): Andreucci, Vittorio E.; Canton, A.Dal
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Description for Diuretics
Hardback. Proceedings of the International Meeting on Diuretics, Sorrento, Italy, May 26-30, 1986 Editor(s): Andreucci, Vittorio E.; Canton, A.Dal. Series: Developments in Nephrology. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1061.
The need for adequate means by which to improve urine output is very old. Even in the "Scuola Salernitana", the oldest medieval medical school in Western Europe, about 1000 years ago it was taught how to improve urine output. The list of known "diuretica" included herbs, plants, roots, vegetables, in particular asparagus, fennel and carrot. The first diuretic drugs, however, were mercurial compounds. Thus, calomel, mercurous chloride, was initially used as a diuretic in the sixteenth century by Paracelsus, being one of the ingredients of the so-called "Guy's Hospital pill". But calomel had a cathartic effect so that it was ... Read more
The need for adequate means by which to improve urine output is very old. Even in the "Scuola Salernitana", the oldest medieval medical school in Western Europe, about 1000 years ago it was taught how to improve urine output. The list of known "diuretica" included herbs, plants, roots, vegetables, in particular asparagus, fennel and carrot. The first diuretic drugs, however, were mercurial compounds. Thus, calomel, mercurous chloride, was initially used as a diuretic in the sixteenth century by Paracelsus, being one of the ingredients of the so-called "Guy's Hospital pill". But calomel had a cathartic effect so that it was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Series
Developments in Nephrology
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780898388855
SKU
V9780898388855
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