. 2017 Aug;25(3):186-196.
doi: 10.1177/0967772015596276. Epub 2015 Sep 18.
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- PMID: 26385975
- DOI: 10.1177/0967772015596276
Abstract
This article reviews the life and work of Sir William O’Shaughnessy Brooke (formerly Sir William Brooke O’Shaughnessy), an Edinburgh doctor of medicine and Fellow of the Royal Society who as a young doctor in London analysed the blood and excreta of cholera victims, an action which led to the first successful use of intravenous replacement therapy. His career in India was distinguished in several spheres: chemistry, pharmacology in which he introduced cannabis indica to Europe, and in the field of electric telegraphy where he became the superintendent of telegraphs for India.
Keywords: Calcutta, Edinburgh, India, cannabis, chemistry, cholera, electric telegraphy
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