Treponema Pallidum

[mjl1717]

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Any very astute person know how "the clap" was Rxed around the time of Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson (early 1900s) because Pennicillin is not that old??

 

[Kashue]

Any very astute person know how "the clap" was Rxed around the time of Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson (early 1900s) because Pennicillin is not that old??

Arsenic containing drug Salvarsan

 

[mjl1717]

Nice!!-- Thank you Kashue for a quick response!!

 

[Rogue_Leader]

Holy crap, that wasn't on step 1 was it?

 

[Kashue]

Holy crap, that wasn't on step 1 was it?

Naw, just some tidbit of medical pharm history I remember. They use Penicillin to treat Syphillus now.

 

[mjl1717]

Holy crap, that wasn't on step 1 was it?

Id say that arsenic poisoning could be far game!

 

[Rogue_Leader]

Id say that arsenic poisoning could be far game!

Fair enough, but having to know medical treatments from the pre-antibiotic era would be a sucktacular topic.