Quinine substitutes in the confederate army

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 650-655

  Hasegawa, Guy R ^a  

^a AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH SYSTEM PHARMACISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; AMMONIA; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CINCHONA ALKALOID; NITRIC ACID; QUININE; TURPENTINE;

ACORUS CALAMUS; AGRIMONIA; ALDER; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS; CHESTNUT; CORNUS; EUPATORIUM; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAGNOLIACEAE; MAIZE; MALARIA; OAK; POLYGONUM; RAGWEED; WAR; WILLOW;

EID: 34250340511     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.6.650     Document Type: Article

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