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Then & Now
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Parke-Davis announced the isolation of a new
broad-spectrum antibiotic, chloramphenicol, which was quickly
adopted as a "wonder drug."
- Serious side effects have limited the drug's use mainly to rickettsial
diseases and typhoid fever.
Contributed by:
Gregory J. Higby, Director
American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
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