title: Historical note: Drumine--a new Australian local anaesthetic.
abstract: An article in the Australiasian Medical Gazette of October, 1886 indicates the method of extraction, experimentation and therapeutic application of an active principle, prepared from Euphorbia Drummondii. Further correspondence is noted, refining the method of extraction, reporting cases, answering criticisms, and announcing eventually, drumine's commercial preparation. Despite enthusiastic support, the drug soon disappears from the therapeutic scene.
mesh_terms: D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000266:history*; D001315:Australia; D002118:Calcium / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D010070:Oxalates / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D010070:Oxalates; D002118:Calcium