Dippel created an animal oil known as Dippel's Oil which was supposed to be equivalent to the " elixir of life . " Dippel attempted to purchase Castle Frankenstein in exchange for his elixir formula, which he claimed he had recently discovered; the offer was turned down.
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He created an animal oil known as Dippel's Oil which was supposed to be the equivalent to the alchemists'dream of the " elixir of life . " At one point, Dippel attempted to purchase Castle Frankenstein in exchange for his elixir formula, which he claimed he had recently discovered; the offer was turned down.
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Because animal oils might contain unusual fatty acids, I would not rule out the possibility of beneficial effects without extensive testing; folk remedies certainly don't work always, but they work often enough to deserve our attention, or to serve as a preferable substitute to the placebo . talk ) 03 : 16, 6 October 2014 ( UTC)
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In 1872, Anderson was awarded a Royal Medal from the Royal Society " for his investigations on the organic bases of Dippells animal oil; on codeine; on the crystallized constituents of opium; on piperin and on papaverin; and for his researches in physiological and animal chemistry . " His later years were marred by a progressive neurological disease which may have been syphilis.
