Looking at what we would do today, using Jalap plant seems like a very primitive way of treating Yellow Fever which is caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes. The virus infects the liver causing a jaundiced (yellow) appearance to the skin and the whites of the eyes. The plant was used to cause vomiting. At the time people thought that disease was caused by an imbalance of what they called 'humors'.
Galen's humoral theory, for example, held that illnesses were caused by imbalances among four bodily fluids: blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. Restoration of proper humoral balance restored health. Doctors who embraced the humoral perspective studied fluids such as urine, vomit, and blood for signs of health, and prescribed treatments they hoped would influence the character of those fluids. So causing a patient to vomit was one way to do change the imbalance.
the root i think
Jalap is a dicot plant, member of the convulvus family. Jalap also refers to the dried tuberous roots of such plants.
where yellow fever is not there
totz jungle yellow fever
who dicoverd yellow fever?
Malaria and Yellow Fever killed most workers.
yellow fever is caused by a virus
Yellow fever is a virus.
where do we get yellow fever vaccaine in pune
can i get yellow fever vaccine in bhubanveswar with yellow card
Yes,in the book yellow fever 1793 at the end it was cured by the first frost and yellow fever was over
where to get the yellow fever vaccination in jammu