Oszajca, Paulina (Author)
Atti e Memorie, Rivista di Storia della Farmacia
Volume: 36
Issue: 1
Pages: 33-44
"Triumph-Wagen Antimonii" ("The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony") by Basil Valentine published for the first time in Leipzig in 1604. It is an important milestone in the development of medicines based on powerful and effective mineral compounds. Although by many considered to be a poison, antimony has been widely used in the past as emetic and purgative drug. Worthy of a particular note are antimonial medicines, that could be used and reused many times without losing their efficacy. Among them are the so-called “eternal pills,” made of antimony which - if ingested - provoked vomiting, and after being expelled from the body and washed well, could still be used. Antimony was also used for the manufacturing of emetic cups for wine. Tartaric acid and other wine acids, as well as hydrochloric acid from the stomach in the case of the eternal pills, dissolved small amount of antimony producing the emetic compound. This article focuses mainly on the mineral itself, its processing and its place in the popular medicine and culture of the early modern age.
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