Chloramphenicol Is Discovered
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Epidemics, Diseases, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Detroit
- Date: 1947
Article abstract: Chloramphenicol was the first antibiotic discovered to be effective in treating a broad range of bacterial and rickettsial diseases, though its use was later restricted because of toxic side effects in some individuals.
Summary of Event
In November, 1947, scientists from Parke, Davis and Company Research Laboratory in Detroit, Michigan, Yale University, and the Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., jointly announced the isolation of a new antibiotic, chloramphenicol. The antibiotic was derived from a soil bacterium, subsequently...
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