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Mind Map by Niamh MacElvogue, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Niamh MacElvogue
almost 10 years ago
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Paul Ehrlich
- Ehrlich
- Magic Bullet
- Had knowledge of germs
and so the time was ripe
- Wanted to make his own
chemical antibody
- Working on diphtheria and
became interested in antibodies
- Ward off
germs without
damaging body
- Ward off
germs without
damaging body
- German chemistry
industry rapidly advancing
so Ehrlich had a team that
he made concentrate on
discovering chemical cures
for disease
- 1899 - began
to test synthetic
dyes with
limited success
- Found dyes that
would attack malaria
and sleeping sickness
- Had knowledge of germs
and so the time was ripe
- Salvarson 606
- Discovered in 1909
by Japanese
bacteriologist, Hata,
who was testing
discarded compounds
- Koch's influence
- Koch's influence
- Discovered that it
killed the syphilis
germ
- Tested multiple times
- There were concerns
about this work however
- Doctors found
it difficult to
inject
- It was painful
for the patient
- Believed it would
cause increase in
promiscuity
- Doctors found
it difficult to
inject
- Impacts
- Short term
- Ehrlich was able to find dyes
that combatted sleeping
sickness and malaria
- 606's impact on humans was
limited as it wasn't accepted
within the medical community
- Ehrlich was able to find dyes
that combatted sleeping
sickness and malaria
- Long term
- Over the next 20 years many
more magic bullets were
discovered including for
pneumonia and meningitis
- Limitations including that
they didn't work for
everything
- Over the next 20 years many
more magic bullets were
discovered including for
pneumonia and meningitis
- Short term
- Discovered in 1909
by Japanese
bacteriologist, Hata,
who was testing
discarded compounds
- Magic Bullet
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