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Paracelsus and Laudanum

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PARACELSUS AND LAUDANUM

By Lacy Cook and Austin Sok
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Paracelsus
Born in 1493

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Laudanum
Invented in the early 1500s

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Paracelsus was a renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist.

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Laudanum is any preparation in which opium is the chief ingredient.

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Paracelsus discovered that some diseases are rooted in the brain.

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Laudanum used to be a drink with10% opium and 90% alcohol, the drink was flavored with cinnamon or saffron.

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Paracelsus invented laudanum and discovered zinc.

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It took people a long time to find out the negative side effects of laudanum and in the early 19th century laudanum was used as a painkiller, sleeping pill, or tranquilizer.

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Paracelsus believed that all diseases were created from either sulphur, mercury, or salt.

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In 1919 the production and export of opium was prohibited.

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Paracelsus discovered toxicology or the study of the effects of poisons.

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In 1928 a law was passed that prohibited the use of laudanum.

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