It was introduced to Europe in 1672, by a traveller named Legros. Legros imported some quantity of the root to Paris from South America. In 1680, a Parisian merchant named Garnier possessed some 150 pounds (68 kg) of the substance and informed a physician named Helvetius of its power in the treatment of dysentery. Helvetius was granted sole right to vend the remedy by Louis XIV, but sold the secret to the French government, who made the formula public in 1688. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Dysentery is an illness involving severe diarrhea that is often associated with blood in the feces. ... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638–September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ...
The drug of commerce is procured chiefly from the region lying between the towns of Cuyaba, Villa Bella, Villa Maria and Diamantina in the province of Matto Grosso, and near the German colony of Philadelphia, north of Rio Janeiro.
Ipecacuanha, although in common use in Brazil, was not employed in Europe previous to 1672.
Ipecacuanha owes its properties to the presence of rather more than 1% of the alkaloid emetine, which, with the exception of traces, occurs only in the cortical IpecacuanhaPlant (about a nat.
India, which, however, have not hitherto proved to be a commercial success, owing to the difficulty of finding suitable spots for its cultivation, and to its slowness of growth.
A preparation from which the emetine has been removed, and known as " de-emetized ipecacuanha " is also in use for cases of dysentery.
Of these the roots of Ionidium Ipecacuanha, Richardsonia scabra and Psychatria emetica are those which have most frequently been exported from Brazil or Colombia.
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