Template:Ancient anaesthesia-footer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

v • d • e Anesthetic: Ancient anaesthesia Plants/animals Aconite • Argyreia speciosa • Castoreum • Cannabis • Coca • Deadly nightshade • Henbane • Lactucarium • Mandrake • Metel nut • Opium • Poison hemlock • Saussurea • Toloatzin • Willow People Abulcasis • Avicenna • Celsus • Dioscorides • Galen • Hippocrates • Rhazes • Sabuncuoğlu • Susrutha • Theophrastus • Zhang Molecules Aconitine • Δ9-THC • Atropine • Cocaine • Coniine • Hyoscyamine • Morphine • Salicylate • Scopolamine

Please do not add herbs to this template unless a reliable source describes their use for anaesthesia or other pain relief prior to perhaps 1500 A.D.

[edit] References

Richard Dean Smith (1980). Avicenna and the Canon of Medicine: a millennial tribute. Retrieved on 2007-07-05.

Richard Evans Schultes (1970-01-01). The plant kingdom and hallucinogens (part III). Retrieved on 2007-05-23.

Raju VK (2003). Susruta of ancient India. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.

Eleanor Carroll. Coca: the plant and its use. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.

James Breasted (English translation). The Edwin Smith Papyrus. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.

Stephen Pincock (2005-03-28). The quest for pain relief: how much have we improved on the past?. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.

For aconite, a Chinese scientific reference is needed, but as a stopgap to indicate the use of Wu Tou Tang from Jingui Yaolue, see Bi syndrome. Retrieved on 2007-06-13. and Treating painful obstruction (bi). Retrieved on 2007-06-13..

For Saussurea lappa, Argyreia speciosa and Achyranthes aspera, see PMID 11100933, PMID 16141525, PMID 12222664