75 years ago: 24. December 1932. Streptococci kill, antibiotics help to survive!
Dear Sir,
only 75 years ago a miracle occurred.
"On 24th December, 1932, it was found that in an experiment begun on
20th December, 1932, all the controls had died, whereas all the mice which
had been given Prontosil were alive and well.
This was the basis of the discovery which was destined to bring
undreamed-of advances in chemotherapy." (1)
Now we even forgot the furor epidemicus of these streptococcal
diseases.
Everybody talks against antibiotics.
It is a shame.
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75 years ago: 24. December 1932. Streptococci kill, antibiotics help to survive!
Dear Sir,
only 75 years ago a miracle occurred.
"On 24th December, 1932, it was found that in an experiment begun on
20th December, 1932, all the controls had died, whereas all the mice which
had been given Prontosil were alive and well.
This was the basis of the discovery which was destined to bring
undreamed-of advances in chemotherapy." (1)
Now we even forgot the furor epidemicus of these streptococcal
diseases.
Everybody talks against antibiotics.
It is a shame.
Merry Christmas
Yours Friedrich Flachsbart
1. N. Svartz: Presentation Speech.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1939/press.html
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