An article in the Australasian Medical Gazette of October, 1886 indicates the method of extraction, experimentation and therapeutic application of an active principle, prepared from Euphorbia Drummondii.
Further correspondence is noted, refining the method of extraction, reporting cases, answering criticisms, and announcing eventually, drumine's commercial preparation.
Despite enthusiastic support, the drug soon disappears from the therapeutic scene.
References
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BancroftThos N. (1889): “On the Materia Medica and Pharmacology of Queensland Plants”, Trans. Intercolonial Med. Congr. Australasia (Second Session), p. 928.
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BruckLudwig (1892): The Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook. Third edition. Sydney. p. 97.
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Burroughs and WellcomeMessrs. (1887): “The Pharmacology of Drumine”, Brit. Med. J., ii, 132.
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DixonThomas (1889): “A Note on Drumine: Is there such a Body?” Trans. Intercolonial Med. Congr. Australasia (Second Session) p. 938.
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MaidenJ. H. (1888): “Some Reputed Medicinal Plants of New South Wales (Indigenous Species Only)”, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 3, i, 379.
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OgstonA. (1887): “Experiences with Drumine as a Local Anaesthetic”, Brit. Med. J., i, 451.
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ReidJ. (1886a): “Drumine—A New Australian Local Anaesthetic Agent”, Australasian Med. Gaz., 6, 1.
