Doktor Koster's Antigaspills were an early 20th century
alternative medication intended to treat stomach upset and excessive flatulence. They are best known for being administered to
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
by his physician,
Theodor Morell, to treat Hitler's stomach ailments.
Morrell, regarded as a
quack by Hitler's associates, administered a wide variety of unorthodox concoctions and medications to Hitler beginning in 1936.
The pill's active ingredients consisted primarily of
atropine (an extract of ''
Atropa belladonna'') and
strychnine.
References
Alternative medical treatments
Medicine in Nazi Germany
Pseudoscience
Antiflatulents
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