The First Miracle Drugs: How the Sulfa Drugs Transformed Medicine by John E. Lesch
English | Oct 12, 2006 | ISBN: 019518775X | 376 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | Oct 12, 2006 | ISBN: 019518775X | 376 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
In the decade from 1935-1945, while the Second World War raged in Europe, a new class of medicines capable of controlling bacterial infections launched a therapeutic revolution that continues today. The new medicines were not penicillin and antibiotics, but sulfonamides, or sulfa drugs.