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Cases of epilepsy, associated with amenorrhoea and vicarious menstruation, successfully treated with the iodide of potassium.

Publication Details

Lancet, 1, 525. 1857 CE.

O’Connor was apparently the first to use potassium bromide for the treatment of epilepsy.

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Entry Number#4814
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