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A Remedy for Biodeterioration: Zingiber officinale Roscoe. Oil

In our study, bioactivity of essential oil extracted from Ginger (Zingiber officinaleRoscoe.) that belongs to family Zingiberaceae was analyzed. Ginger rhizome oil was found to be effective against a range of bio-deteriogens. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) value was determined by Poisoned Food Technique and Volatile Activity Assay. The study demonstrates that essential oil had a wid...

A New Remedy for Dysentery

We have been favoured by the Surgeon-General, Indian Medical Department, with the perusal of papers relating to a remedy which promises to rival Ipecacuanha in its power over acute dysentery. The credit of bringing this remedy to notice belongs to AssistantSurgeon Umrito Lall Deb, attached to the Howrah General Hospital. In December 1876 SurgeonMajor K. Bird, M. D., Civil Surgeon of Howrah, sub...

A simple remedy for overprecision in judgment.

Overprecision is the most robust type of overconfidence. We present a new method that significantly reduces this bias and offers insight into its underlying cause. In three experiments, overprecision was significantly reduced by forcing participants to consider all possible outcomes of an event. Each participant was presented with the entire range of possible outcomes divided into intervals, an...

Are statins a remedy for all seasons?

A new remedy for leprosy, hydroxyprocaine-penicillin.

This compound has been used up to now in 116 patients altogether, by several investigators in different countries. Publications so far have been made by Percy (6), Trappmann (8), and SchallElr and Serie (1), who cited certain other workers (Chit Yin and U Pe Thein). All of them reported favorable results, and pointed out the excellent tolerance of the drug. The periods of treatment varied from ...