Many methods have been employed, with variable success, in the treatment of cutaneous myiasis caused by Chrysomya species.Experiment 1: to assess the larvicidal effect of mineral turpentine (MT) and the main ingredient of MT, low aromatic white spirits (LAWS), on Chrysomya megacephala larvae ...
Throughout the 1800’s and until the early 1900’s, it was common practice to use laudanum (opium) to raise the spirits or relieve minor pain. Dr. J. Collis Browne’s Chlorodyne was taken like morning tea, and Queen Victoria served her guests Vin Mariani, a popular solution of cocaine...