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Antimony

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Description

A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865

Mentioned in the form of tartarised antimony (tartar emetic).

Tartar emetic and Butter of Antimony classified as Mineral Poisons (199)

Diseases Treated with Antimony as listed in CDM1865

  • Inflammatory Sore Throat (259): tartar emetic can be administered at the outset of soreness
  • Typhus Fever (279): tartar emetic given along with ipecacuanha at the first signs of the disease.