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Word: marfanil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Samples of a captured Nazi drug, which is supposed to rival penicillin, were analyzed by British Army doctors, turned out to be marfanil, a sulfa drug. According to the New York Times, marfanil's "curative properties are second only to penicillin" and it is "no more toxic than sulfanilamide." The British Army has already tried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Penicillin Echoes | 5/22/1944 | See Source »

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