“Oral rehydration for acute diarrhoea was first suggested by remarkable clinical research by W B O’Shaughnessy reported in the Lancet in 1831, within months of the arrival of a terrifying new disease from Asia—cholera. Sadly his wisdom was not appreciated until the 1970s, with the arrival of the World Health Organization’s oral rehydration solution … “
Why shouldn’t children benefit from oral rehydration solutions for calves? | BMJ 2005;331:1267.
Abgelegt unter: Geschichte, Medikamente, Psychologie Mit Tag(s) versehen: | 1831, 1970, 2012, BMJ, cholera, Lancet, Oral, ORL
