Biographical entry Reid, John

Summary

John Reid was a medical practitioner in Port Germain, South Australia who studied the medicinal properties of plants. He discovered that Euphorbia drummondii sap could be used as an efficient local anaesthetic, which he called Drumine.

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Reid, John, 'Drumine - a new Australian local anaesthetic (discovered and described by John Reid)', The Australasian Medical Gazette, vol. 6, L. Bruck, Sydney, 1887, pp. 1-4. Details
• Reid, John, 'Drumine', The Australasian Medical Gazette, vol. 7, L. Bruck, Sydney, 1888, p. 20. Details
• Reid, John, 'Euphorbia drummondii', The Australasian Medical Gazette, vol. 7, L. Bruck, Sydney, 1888, p. 228. Details
• Reid, John, 'Drumine', The Australasian Medical Gazette, vol. 7, L. Bruck, Sydney, 1888, p. 124. Details
• Reid, John, 'Drumine', The Australasian Medical Gazette, vol. 7, L. Bruck, Sydney, 1888, p. 317. Details
• Reid, John, 'Drumine', The Australasian Medical Gazette, vol. 8, L. Bruck, Sydney, 1889, p. 279. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Reid John', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477012. Details