Opodeldok

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Opodeldok ( the or that ; from the Greek opós “plant juice”) is a mixture of soap , camphor , rosemary and thyme oil named by the early modern doctor Paracelsus , which was used, among other things, as a rub against rheumatism and gout . One of the variants of the Opodeldok is a solution of these ingredients in alcohol .

Opodeldok is described under the name Linimentum saponato-camphoratum in the German Pharmacopoeia No. 6 from 1926 (1951). Today it is obsolete . In addition to its dubious effectiveness, it is characterized by a penetrating odor.

Side effects

literature

  • Jaroslav Hašek : The good soldier Schwejk (Opodeldok was used by Schwejk for the treatment of his rheumatic knee and therefore has a certain literary significance.)
  • Peter Proff, Gundolf Keil : The opodeltoch recipe in manuscript 631c of the Zurich Central Library. Observations on the pharmaceutical theory of Hohenheim. In: Nova Acta Paracelsica. Volume 10, 1982, pp. 208-215.
  • Thomas Mann : Lotte in Weimar (Here, too, the drug receives literary appreciation, as Goethe is “in need of the Opodeldok” due to its rigidity.)
  • Paul Maar : Die Opodeldoks (a children's book that also became known as a marionette play due to the staging of the Augsburger Puppenkiste )
  • Edgar Allan Poe : The literary life of the Lord Thingum Bob, Excellency , original title The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. (as a pseudonym of a character in the satirical short story)
  • O. Henry : Nature makes all people equal , original title Makes the Whole World Kin (also here as a rheumatic drug)
  • Karl May : The Schut (Kara Ben Nemsi compares the stench of wild bears with Opodeldok)
  • HPT Ammon (Ed.): Hunnius Pharmaceutical Dictionary . 9th edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2004.