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Vol. 30. Issue 4.
Pages 310-315 (October - December 2023)
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Vol. 30. Issue 4.
Pages 310-315 (October - December 2023)
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Help sought for gout sufferers: A historical look at the treatment of gout in the New Kingdom of Granada
Auxilios que se imploran favorables a los gotosos: una mirada histórica al tratamiento de la gota en el Nuevo Reino de Granada
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Eduardo Tuta-Quinteroa,b,
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Eduardotuqu@unisabana.edu.co

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, Ignacio Briceño-Balcázara,b, Julio César Martínez-Lozanoa,b, Claudia Mora-Karamb, Álvaro Gonzales-Yundab, Lina Gómez-Restrepoa,b, Alberto Gómez-Gutiérrezc
a Human Genetics Group, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, Colombia
b Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, Colombia
c Institute of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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Introduction

During the colonial period, despite scarce knowledge and resources, doctors and apothecaries developed medical prescriptions mainly of vegetable origin for the management of multiple diseases, including gout.

Objective

To contextualise and describe the use of medical prescription in the early 19th century in the New Kingdom of Granada for the treatment of gout.

Material and methods

A documentary search of medical prescription was carried out in the Cipriano Rodríguez Santamaría Historical Archive of the Octavio Arizmendi Posada Library of the University of La Sabana. Subsequently, an open literature review was carried out in the ScienceDirect, ClinicalKey, and Scielo databases in English and Spanish.

Results

Pistacia lentiscus, the basis of the recipe described, has a high content of terpenes, tannins, flavonoids, and coumarins, which generate anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antibiotic, antiviral, and anti-atherogenic effects, among others.

Conclusion

Mastic, one of the components of these recipes, possesses anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, which could explain its relative efficacy in the treatment of gout in the 19th century.

Keywords:
Gout
History of medicine
Pistacia lentiscus
New Kingdom of Granada
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Introducción

Durante el periodo colonial, pese a los escasos conocimientos y recursos, médicos y boticarios desarrollaron recetas médicas principalmente de origen vegetal para el manejo de múltiples enfermedades, incluyendo la gota.

Objetivo

Contextualizar y describir el uso de una receta médica a comienzos del siglo XIX en el Nuevo Reino de Granada como tratamiento de la gota.

Materiales y métodos

Se llevó a cabo una búsqueda documental de la receta médica en el Archivo Histórico Cipriano Rodríguez Santamaría de la Biblioteca Octavio Arizmendi Posada de la Universidad de La Sabana, Chía (Colombia). Posteriormente, se realizó una revisión de la literatura sin límite de tiempo, en las bases de datos ScienceDirect, ClinicalKey y Scielo, en inglés y español.

Resultados

Pistacia lentiscus, base de la receta descrita, tiene un alto contenido de terpenos, taninos, flavonoides y cumarinas, lo que genera efectos antiinflamatorios, antimicrobianos, antioxidantes, antibióticos, antivirales y antiaterogénicos, entre otros.

Conclusión

El lentisco, uno de los componentes de estas recetas, posee propiedades antiinflamatorias y antioxidantes que podrían explicar su relativa eficacia en el tratamiento de la gota en el siglo XIX.

Palabras clave:
Gota
Historia de la medicina
Pistacia lentiscus
Nuevo Reino de Granada

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