Person

Reid, John

Occupation
Physician

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.

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Journal Articles

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

Resources

Annette Alafaci

Created: 26 October 2006

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