Pancrinol was a medicine made from liver,
spleen, kidney, and
adrenal extracts from slaughter animals. It was manufactured by the laboratories of Dr. François Debat in Paris. This drug was presented, in drinkable
ampoules, as a tonic against
anemia,
tuberculosis, and all organic deficiencies. It was used as a doping agent in cycling.
Bibliography
Revue Art et Médecine, no. 1, Octobre 1930
Sport et dopage : la grande hypocrisie,
François Bellocq avec la collaboration de Serge Bressan, éditions du Félin, 1991
Pancrinol was a medicine made from liver,
spleen, kidney, and
adrenal extracts from slaughter animals. It was manufactured by the laboratories of Dr. François Debat in Paris. This drug was presented, in drinkable
ampoules, as a tonic against
anemia,
tuberculosis, and all organic deficiencies. It was used as a doping agent in cycling.
Bibliography
Revue Art et Médecine, no. 1, Octobre 1930
Sport et dopage : la grande hypocrisie,
François Bellocq avec la collaboration de Serge Bressan, éditions du Félin, 1991