NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS
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Question
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The concept of chemotherapy to treat microbial diseases was first employed successfully by ____ to treat ____ using the drug ____
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Alexander Fleming, pneumonia, sulfa drugs
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Paul Ehrlich, pneumonia, penicillin
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Alexander Fleming, syphilis, tetracycline
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Paul Ehrlich, syphilis, salvarsan
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Kary Mullis, mental dullness, LSD
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Ehrlich and Hata tested 606 over and over on mice, guinea pigs, and then rabbits with syphilis. They achieved complete cures within three weeks, with no dead animals. In 1910 the drug was released, called Salvarsan, or sometimes just 606. It was an almost immediate success and was sold all over the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -German biochemist Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) developed a chemical theory to explain the body’s immune response and did important work in chemotherapy, coining the term magic bullet. Ehrlich received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908.
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