Category:Chaulmoogra oil
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English: The oil from the seeds of Hydnocarpus wightianus (Chaulmoogra) has been widely used in Indian and Chinese traditional medicine for the treatment of leprosy. It entered early Western medicine in the 19th-century before the era of sulfones and antibiotics for the treatment of several skin diseases and leprosy.
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Media in category "Chaulmoogra oil"
The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.
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Chaulmoogra oil factory of Prasana Kumar Sen, Chittagong. Ph Wellcome V0027698.jpg 3,288 × 2,264; 2.36 MB
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Dr Isabel Kerr European missionary vaccinating a child Wellcome L0069838.jpg 4,797 × 3,825; 4.01 MB
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Handbook of medical treatment (1919) (14596226048).jpg 1,590 × 2,716; 441 KB
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Hunting Chaulmoogra tree.jpg 232 × 300; 16 KB
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Kalawao, Molokai, ca. 1922.jpg 3,126 × 1,968; 1.4 MB
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