Kermes Minerale
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Title
Kermes Minerale
Description
Latin Name: Kermes Minerale
Common Name: Red sulfured antimony
Classification: Emetic and cathartic
Isolated Drug/s: None
Medicinal Usage: Kermes Minerale is a preparation chiefly employed internally as an alterative in cutaneous affectations, such as secondary syphilis. It is usually used in conjunction with mercurials. It can also be used as an emetic with similar effects to tartar emetic, in order to induce vomiting when disease is to be avoided. Sometimes useful in glandular disorders or liver complaints.
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Common Name: Red sulfured antimony
Classification: Emetic and cathartic
Isolated Drug/s: None
Medicinal Usage: Kermes Minerale is a preparation chiefly employed internally as an alterative in cutaneous affectations, such as secondary syphilis. It is usually used in conjunction with mercurials. It can also be used as an emetic with similar effects to tartar emetic, in order to induce vomiting when disease is to be avoided. Sometimes useful in glandular disorders or liver complaints.
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Source
Specimen: Kermesite. Image courtesy of Harvard Mineralogical and Geological Museum.
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Citation
“Kermes Minerale,” OnView, accessed September 17, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/18230.