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Word: epinephrine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Quickly nurse and doctor gave the other three patients intravenous injections of epinephrin as an antidote, but they had already turned pale, were staggering and clutching their throats. Two died, and one lay dangerously ill. They had all been given large doses of powerful arsphenamine (salvarsan, or 606, best treatment for early stages of syphilis) instead of the weaker derivative, neoarsphenamine, which contains less arsenic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Big Doses | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

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