Historical Bibliography Updated: February 7, 2020

Mémoire sur l’émétine, et sur les trois espèces d’ipecacuanha.

MAGENDIE, François (1783 – 1855) Wikipedia

PELLETIER, Pierre Joseph (1788 – 1842) Wikipedia

Publication Details

J. gén. Méd. Chir. Pharm., 59, 223-31. 1817 CE.

Isolation of emetine. It was not until a century later that Vedder demonstrated its value in the treatment of amoebiasis. Also during 1817 Magendie and Pelletier published "Recherches chimiques et physiologiques sur l’ipécacuanha," Ann. Chim. Phys. (Paris), 4, 172-85.

Browse Tags

Microbiology & Virology
Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Thematic Classifications

INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Amoebiasis PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Botanic Sources of Single Component Drugs › Ipecacuanha

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#1843
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6304
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	mmoire-sur-lmtine-et-sur-les-trois-espces-dipecacuanha

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Paris