Innovative use of magnesium oxide in the treatment of "neuralgia of the celiac plexus of rheumatic origin" by G. Moscati in 1923 /Michele Colaci, Giovanni Ponti.
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We presented and discussed one interesting medical prescription by doctor Giuseppe Moscati (1880-1927), who prescribed magnesium oxide (magnesia usta) to a patient with the diagnosis of “neuralgia of the celiac plexus of rheumatic origin”. Besides the traditional use of magnesium as antacid remedy at the time, we raised the hypothesis that magnesium could be administered by Moscati in order to treat the neuralgia itself. Considering the scientific background of Moscati at the school of Filippo Bottazzi (1867-1941), a father of Italian biochemistry, we suggested that the doctor tried to apply the preliminary concepts acquired from electrophysiological studies on magnesium to his clinical practice. Only after decades, magnesium was recognized a fundamental ion in the energy metabolism and in contributing to maintain the ionic intracellular homeostasis, including for neurons.; Prikazali smo i razmotrili zanimljivu medicinsku terapiju doktora Giuseppea Moscatija (1880. – 1927.) koji je propisao magnezijev oksid (magnesia usta) pacijentu s dijagnozom “neuralgije celijačnog pleksusa reumatoidnog podrijetla”. Osim tradicionalne upotrebe magnezija kao antacidnog lijeka u to doba, pretpostavili smo da je Moscati propisao magnezij kako bi liječio samu neuralgiju. S obzirom na znanstvenu pozadinu Moscatija u školi Filippa Bottazzija (1867. – 1941.), oca talijanske biokemije, sugerirali smo da je liječnik pokušao primijeniti preliminarne koncepte dobivene iz elektrofizioloških istraživanja na magneziju u svoju kliničku praksu. Tek nakon nekoliko desetljeća magnezij je prepoznat kao temeljni ion u energetskom metabolizmu koji pridonosi održavanju ionske intracelularne homeostaze, uključujući i neurona.