Title: Oil of Turpentine: Sheet Anchor of 19thCentury Therapeutics
Presented by: Vincent J. Cirillo, PhD
Presented to: Medical History Society of New Jersey
Date: December 22, 2020

Synopsis:
Turpentine is known today only as a paint thinner. However, for much of the 19th century, its essential oil, oil of turpentine, was of great therapeutic value in the treatment of typhoid fever, intestinal worms, hospital gangrene, and myiasis.


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