Antimony pill explained

An antimony pill is a pill made from metallic antimony. It was a popular remedy in the nineteenth century to purge and revitalise the bowels. In use, it is swallowed and allowed to pass through the body, after which it is customarily recovered for reuse, giving rise to the name everlasting pill. The antimonial cup yielded the same effect.^{[1] [2]}

According to the Medico-Pharmaceutical Critic and Guide (1907), edited by William J. Robinson:

See also

• Antimonial

External links

• Web site: The everlasting pill . Scribal Terror .
• Web site: Antimony cup with leather case, Europe, 1601-1700 . Science Museum London . 27 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121227073056/http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/objects/display.aspx?id=4925 . dead .

Notes and References

1. 1543508 . President's address. Observations upon antimony . 1977 . 70 . 11 . 341167 . McCallum . RI . 756–63 . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 10.1177/003591577707001103 .
2. Web site: Antimony: a metallic cleanse of the Middle Ages . 2024-05-06 . Office for Science and Society . en.