Rustom Jal Vakil

Rustom Jal Vakil (19111974) was a renowned cardiologist from India who was awarded Padma Bhushan for his contribution . He was born in Mumbai in 1911 and had his medical education in London.[1] He was one of the first to pioneer use of reserpine to control hypertension. Reserpine is derived from Indian Snakeroot, Rauwolfia serpentina, known in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh as Pagal-ki-dawa (‘‘medicine for the insane’’).[2] Reserpine was later explored as a treatment for schizophrenia.[2]

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  1. "History of Medicine" (PDF). Medind.nic.in. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  2. 1 2 "Mechanisms of neurotransmitter release by amphetamines : A Review" (PDF). Sulzerlab.org. Retrieved 2013-10-13.


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