Chemotherapy of venereal diseases: its uses and abuses.
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For centuries the man of medicine practised the relief of symptoms, his power to influence the processes of disease being strictly limited; the art of medicine was largely confined to providing circumstances favourable for the vis medicatrix naturae to function to the best advantage. When, however, Pasteur, Lister, and Koch turned the spot-light of science on the bacterial battlefield, knowledge of the biology of infections began to grow. The biochemical search for specific remedies and the birth of chemotherapy during the last half-century were inevitable developments. Salvarsan and the later arsphenamine preparations, the bismuth compounds, the sulphonamides, and the antibiotics are all potent weapons in the fight against the bacterial enemies of man; their use involves relatively new and fundamental principles. As in modern warfare, the discoveries of the " backroom boys " must undergo carefully studied field trials, and the lessons learnt from such trials must then be assimilated by those who will play their part in the front line. Otherwise the new weapons may not be used to full advantage and disaster may overtake those that abuse them.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of venereal diseases
دوره 27 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1951