Showing papers by "Robert Bosch Stiftung published in 2020"
TL;DR: Syphilis is not a deadly disease anymore, thanks to antibiotics, but before their discovery, Paul Ehrlich presented the drug Salvarsan, its efficacy was doubted and there were many disputes about it.
Abstract: Die Syphilis ist keine todliche Krankheit mehr, weil Antibiotika helfen. Doch vor den Antibiotika gab es das Medikament Salvarsan, entwickelt von Paul Ehrlich. Seine Wirkung war umstritten und der wichtigste Gegner von Medikament und Entwickler war der Berliner Arzt Heinrich Dreuw. Er wird als Antisemit und Quacksalber gesehen, doch konnte es sein, dass ihm dadurch Unrecht getan wird.
TL;DR: In this article, Ehrlich presented the drug Salvarsan, but its efficacy was doubted and there were many disputes about it, and historians described him as being an antisemitic quack.
Abstract: Syphilis is not a deadly disease anymore, thanks to antibiotics. But before their discovery, Paul Ehrlich presented the drug Salvarsan. Its efficacy was doubted and there were many disputes about it. The Berlin physician Heinrich Dreuw had been the most influential opponent-contemporaries and historians described him as being an antisemitic quack, but maybe they were wrong.