Sulphonamide in Experimental Tuberculosis

Sulphonamide Anuria

A Mohammedan male, aged 15 years, was admitted to the surgical ward of this hospital on 29th December, 1945, for osteomyelitis of the right leg. A course of sulphonamide two tablets thrice daily was prescribed and the leg was operated on. Ten days later he showed signs of pain and fullness over the back and loin, and there was complete anuria. Sulphonamide was at once stopped, and alkaline mixt...

Experimental Tuberculosis in Mice *

Reactions of mice to the injection of tubercle bacilli and to their various fractions have been presented in an earlier communication."4 The experiments here described were designed to determine quantitatively the degree of the resistance to infection and to gain insight into the processes which enable mice not only to withstand but even to eliminate relatively extensive tuberculous infection. ...

Cepharanthine in Experimental Tuberculosis

As a result of extensive experimental investigations and intensive research programme, it has been possible to synthesize various compounds having tuberculostatic properties (Rist et al, 1940; Lehmann, 1946; Domagk, 1950) and to detect the presence of anti-tubercular activity in a variety of compounds of both synthetic and natural origin (Rake, 1949; Steenken and Wolinsky, 1950; Editorial, 1950...

Experimental Tuberculosis

The situation thus makes an adequate appraisal of the book difficult since much depends on a general confirmation of the author's results. I am in no position now to support or refute his findings and I know of no one who is. In an effort to get on more firm ground, consideration was given to the other aspects of the book while the matter of etiology was kept open. It was felt that Dr. Benedek ...

Smallpox and Sulphonamide