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What are some drug names with cool origins?
Rapamycin from Rapa Nui Island
Warfarin from Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Morphine from Morpheus
Lasix (is that one an urban myth?)
Emla from Eutectic Mixture of Local Anaesthetics
You know, that kind of thing. Any more?
Rapamycin from Rapa Nui Island
Warfarin from Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Morphine from Morpheus
Lasix (is that one an urban myth?)
Emla from Eutectic Mixture of Local Anaesthetics
You know, that kind of thing. Any more?
Re-upping my medical etymology video as a few of the (awesome) suggestions people are coming up with were mentioned therein.
Loads of great ones. Didn't realise eponymous drugs were so rare, so here's one not mentioned: Ajmaline.
Discovered by Salimuzzaman Siddiqui in 1931 from the roots of Rauvolfia serpentina. Named after Hakim Ajmal Khan, Indian doctor of Unani medicine (kind of a Mughal Ayurveda)
Discovered by Salimuzzaman Siddiqui in 1931 from the roots of Rauvolfia serpentina. Named after Hakim Ajmal Khan, Indian doctor of Unani medicine (kind of a Mughal Ayurveda)
I can link this to the above tweet
Ashima Chatterjee, the 1st Indian woman to earn a science doctorate, did pioneering work isolating vinca alkaloids from Madagascan periwinkle. Also worked on Rauwolfia canescens & studied stereochemistry of Ajmalicine. https://twitter.com/Maratosflier/status/1290956642306097152
Ashima Chatterjee, the 1st Indian woman to earn a science doctorate, did pioneering work isolating vinca alkaloids from Madagascan periwinkle. Also worked on Rauwolfia canescens & studied stereochemistry of Ajmalicine. https://twitter.com/Maratosflier/status/1290956642306097152
