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Civilian physicians may soon have all the penicillin they need for venereal disease patients. Last week an informed prediction was that there would be enough for unrestricted civilian use in about six months-sooner if the Nazis are quickly defeated...
Doctors have already discovered many minor troubles in which penicillin can be useful. Among them...
Boils. Drs. Rose Coleman and Wallace Saburo Sako of New Orleans say penicillin is the best thing they ever tried for attacks of multiple boils in children...
Sinus Infections. Many people with chronic sinus ailments have had penicillin injections, lost their headaches...
...Penicillin has become standard treatment for both syphilis and gonorrhea in the Army & Navy. In spite of a recent rise in venereal disease (mostly gonorrhea acquired in Europe), penicillin and other drugs have cut the time lost from venereal disease from 1,280 man-days per 1,000 men in 1940 to 200 at present. The average soldier with venereal disease now loses only a week from duty. One officer asked whether it would not be more economical to cut down prophylaxis and lectures, simply cure cases. The answer: no. ¶ The Army's Reconditioning Program (TIME...