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Word: aminobenzenesulf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prontylin is the trade name for a dye which doctors call sulfanilamide. Chemists call it para-aminobenzenesulf onamide. How it kills gonococci is anyone's guess. Best guess is that it stimulates production of white blood corpuscles which in turn destroy the germs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Prontylin for Gonorrhea | 5/17/1937 | See Source »

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