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Introduction - Uppsala Monitoring Centre

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Physician/scientist Drug taken ADRs reported<br />

1765 Samuel Bard Opium Slowing of the pulse<br />

1793 Samuel Crumpe Opium Headache, nausea, drowsiness,<br />

tremors, and vertigo<br />

1799 Humphrey Davy Nitrous oxide Giddiness, muscle relaxation and<br />

tendency to laugh<br />

1800 SF Hermbstadt Arsenic (4 G) Abdominal pain, trembling extremities<br />

and cyanosis<br />

1803 Morphia Face flushed, nausea, dizzy and<br />

stomach pain<br />

1810 Samuel Hahnemann Many See his textbooks<br />

1821 Enoch Hale Castor oil injections Oily taste, abdominal cramps,<br />

headache, and nausea and vomiting<br />

1825 Johann Jorg 17 drugs–hydrocyanic<br />

acid (dilute)<br />

Valerian,<br />

Opium,<br />

Digitalis,<br />

Tincture of Iodine<br />

St Ignatius bean<br />

1835 Jan Evangelista Purkinje Ipecac (emetine)<br />

Belladonna<br />

Turpentine<br />

Camphor<br />

Digitalis<br />

?<br />

Without any discernable action<br />

Light-headedness, inebriation and<br />

deep sleep<br />

?<br />

?<br />

Headaches, abdominal pain and diarrhoea<br />

Nausea, salivation, cramps and diarrhoea;<br />

blurred vision, dry mouth and tachycardia;<br />

hypnotic effects, euphoria, and stupor;<br />

totally unconscious;<br />

flickering vision, bradycardia and

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