1854 MOUAT, Frederic John (1816 – 1897)

Notes on native remedies. No. 1. The chaulmoogra.

Chaulmoogra oil was first introduced into Western medicine by Mouat, having been used for many centuries previously by the Chinese

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1904 POWER, Frederick Belding (1853 – 1927); GORNALL, Frank Howorth

The constituents of chaulmoogra seeds.

Hydnocarpus wightiana or Chaulmoogra is a tree in the Achariaceae family. The oil from seeds of Hydnocarpus wightiana or Chaulmoogra, a tree in the Achariaceae family, was widely used in Indian medicine and Chinese tr…

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1938 BUTTLE, Gladwin Albert Hurst (1899 – 1983); ET AL

The action of substances allied to 4:4'-diaminodiphenylsulphone in streptococcal and other infections in mice.

G. A. H. Buttle, T. Dewing, G. E. Foster, W. H. Gray, S. Smith, and D. Stephenson discovered the potency of dapsone (DDS).

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1943 FAGET, Guy Henry (1891 – 1947); ET AL

The promin treatment of leprosy. A progress report.

Promin (sodium glucosulphone) introduced in the treatment of leprosy. With R. C. Pogge, F. A. Johansen, J. F. Dinan, B. M. Prejean, and C. G. Eccles.

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1944 MUIR, Ernest (1880 – 1974)

Preliminary report on diasone in the treatment of leprosy.

Muir found diasone (a sulphone) valuable in the treatment of leprosy.

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1948 HARKNESS, Arthur Herbert (1889 – 1970); BROWNLEE, G

Leprosy treated with sulphetrone in 1943.

Clinical use of solapsone (sulphetrone).

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1956 DAVEY, Thomas Frank (1908 – 1983); CURRIE, Gordon

Clinical trials of diphenyl thiourea compound SU 1906 (Ciba 1509E) in the treatment of leprosy. Progress during the first year.

Introduction of diphenylthiourea (thiambutosine) therapy.

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1959 DAVEY, Thomas Frank (1908 – 1983); HOGERZEIL, L. M.

Diethyl dithiolisophthalate in the treatment of leprosy (ETIP or “Etisul”); a progress report.

Ditophal (Etisul) in leprosy.

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1970 REES, Richard John William (1917 – 1998); ET AL

Experimental and clinical studies on rifampicin in treatment of leprosy.

With J. M. H. Pearson and M. F. R. Waters.

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