Surgeon Emergency Case For Field Duty. This particular medicine chest accompanied Sherman's Army during the Campaign in Atlanta and Sherman's March to the Sea. The medicines contained within were all that a regimental surgeon had available to treat wounded solders. Many of the bottles are still full. Civil War era metal tins which were painted black (Japanned) and have paper labels.
This drug was carried in the field or used at a hospital by the Union Army during the first years of the Civil War.
Colchium seed extract is used to prevent or treat gout attacks (flares). Usually gout symptoms develop suddenly and involve only one or a few joints. The big toe, knee, or ankle joints are most often affected. Gout is caused by too much uric acid in the blood. When uric acid levels in the blood are too high, the uric acid may form hard crystals in your joints. Colchicine works by decreasing swelling and lessening the build up of uric acid crystals that cause pain in the affected joint(s).This medication is also used to prevent attacks of pain in the abdomen, chest, or joints caused by a certain inherited disease (familial Mediterranean fever). It is thought to work by decreasing your body's production of a certain protein (amyloid A) that builds up in people with familial Mediterranean fever.
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