NEW DRUG.
I - —(P-aminobenzenesulphonamido) Pyridine. i Experiments by Dr. L. E. H. Whitbyj lifld carried such conviction that the' ; manufacturers of the drug were aekedl I for a trial supply for uee in the nextj proven case of pneumococcal meningi-l ;tie and it was tried with the seven-vear-l old^irl. i Twelve hours after the first dose the .benefits showed. The girl was sent home GIRL AGED SEVEN SAVED. i after some da . vs < a,red - ; Dr. S. C. Dyke, director of the patho- " .loj;ic«l department of the hospital atj Wolverhampton, says in the "Lancet"' I the response was dramatic. i
DRAMATIC CURE.
"FATAL" MENINGITIS
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, With "M and B 693." a new rlrujr. a ; Wolverhampton doctor has cured a; seven-year-old girl of |uienniococcali meningitis, a disease that is regarded a>; practically 100 per cent fatal. The drupj ie one of the sulphanilamido group anil! its fearful chemical name i*: —
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 230, 29 September 1938, Page 9
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153NEW DRUG. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 230, 29 September 1938, Page 9
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