Talk:chaulmoogra oil
Latest comment: 11 years ago by -sche in topic RFV
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Some cites would be nice to make sure the antibiotic/leprosy part is important enough to merit inclusion.Lucifer (talk) 00:12, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- Isn't that just oil from a chaulmoogra, even if it is the elixir of life itself? DCDuring TALK 00:36, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- I was thinking about suggesting rfd instead of rfv, but then I noticed LW was focusing on the antibiotic/leprosy aspect. A quick skim through the first couple of pages of the 81,400 Google Books cites turns up almost 100 percent with what look to me like usable cites. The SOP angle is much more of a problem for the entry: although "a chaulmoogra" doesn't really make sense, it is simply an oil extracted from the seeds of the chaulmoogra tree. Perhaps the chaulmoogra definition should be changed to end with "chaulmoogra oil, formerly used as a remedy for leprosy", and the chaulmoogra oil article deleted. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:29, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- At one time it was pretty much the only treatment used for leprosy, though I believe it's now been superseded by modern antibiotics. I've seen lots of mentions of Chaulmoogra oil over the years, and I don't think I've ever seen any that didn't mention its use against leprosy- to the point that I would say it's an integral part of the meaning. I'll concede that the antibiotic part may be unnecessary, or perhaps even incorrect (the wikipedia article refers to it as an antibiotic). Here's an abstract to a journal article that mentions the importance of chaulmoogra oil in the history of leprosy treatment. I'll see what else I can come up with. Chuck Entz (talk) 00:41, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- Many OneLook dictionaries have chaulmoogra, but none seem to have chaulmoogra oil. DCDuring TALK 02:34, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- Redirected for now. - -sche (discuss) 04:03, 14 October 2012 (UTC)