VALUABLE DRUG
A RECENT DISCOVERY . A new drug being tried out at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. London, may le&d to the saving of thousands of lives every year. The drug, which has the effect of raising blood pressure. is called “ 2020 ’’ for short. “ This chemical compound, recently discovered through laboratory practice, has already been used in a number of shock casts,” an official at St. Bart’s told the Sunday Chronicle. Raising the blood pressure in the case of severe shock lessens the risk of death.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23500, 14 May 1938, Page 11
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84VALUABLE DRUG Otago Daily Times, Issue 23500, 14 May 1938, Page 11
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