Opium the Best Remedy

Sydenham was the leading English physician of the 17th century and probably to the present time. He was using a well tried remedy. It had been known by then for about 4000 years, frequently mentioned by Hippocrates, and recognized in use in medieval Europe where it probably came through Arabic trade...

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Main Author: Harold Merskey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/815795
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