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Experiments undertaken to test the efficacy of the ipecac treatment of dysentery.

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Bull. Manila med. Soc., 3, 48-53. 1911 CE.

Vedder demonstrated the amoebicidal action of emetine; his work led to the general adoption of emetine in the treatment of amoebic dysentery.

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