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Prevention & Cure
Cure
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Ehrlich, his assistant, worked at finding a chemical that would stain and kill the bacteria
After his discovery of a chemical cure for syphilis in 1909, 'magic bullets' were found by scientists over the next 20 years
The most notable was prontosil, a red chemical that worked against germs which caused blood poisoning
Prontosil's active ingredient was sulphonamide, a chemical from coal tar
More magic bullets or 'sulpha drugs' were soon developed to cure and control meningitis, pneumonia and scarlet fever
Prevention & Cure
During the late 19th century, knowledge on disease increased hugely
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Prevention
After Pasteur published his Germ Theory in 1861, the world realised that bacteria was the cause of many diseases, not miasma or God's punishment
After Pasteur and Koch discovered different types of bacteria that cause different diseases, doctors started using weakened doses of the bacteria for the body to build an immunity
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Soon vaccines were created to prevent diseases such as diphtheria, TB, rabies and anthrax
Staphylococcus
By the 1920s, one nasty germ in particular, staphylococcus, remained undefeated by any magic bullet
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