title: [Laboratories "Produits Scientia" and mineral waters from Pougues and Carabana].
abstract: In the end of XIXth century, the french "Compagnie des eaux minérales de Pougues-les-Eaux" begins to exploit the spanish natural purgativ water of Carabaña. In the same way, Edouard Jéramec, director of the french compagny, decides to associate to his firm the best medicine to fight against rickets and tuberculosis. He joins the new medical theory wich recommends to give more calcium to tubercular patients, called "méthode de recalcification du Dr Ferrier". Then, with the chemist Emile Perraudin, he creates the pharmaceutical laboratory named "Produits Scientia". One of their famous patents medicines will be the "Tricalcine".
authors.affiliation: Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cerilac, 75205 Paris.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raynal
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D008900:Mineral Waters / Q000032:analysis* / Q000266:history*; D012279:Rickets / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D008900:Mineral Waters; D002118:Calcium