Domagk was a chemist who was inspired by the achievements of Paul Ehrlich’s team. He set out to find dyes that would destroy other infectious microbes within the body. Domagk was very thorough in his work and in 1932 discovered that a dye called prontosil would act against he streptococcus virus. This discovery was then developed by French scientists who found that the drug could also be used against tonsillitis, puerperal fever and scarlet fever. May and Baker, British scientists, discovered that a derivative of the sulfonamide drug could be used against pneumonia.<\/p>\n
There were though several disadvantages to this drug. Sulphonamide drugs can damage the kidney, liver and are ineffective against highly virulent microbes.<\/p>\n
Worksheet: The Fight against Infectious Disease<\/a><\/p>\n Schoolshistory home<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0History teachers resources<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Medical History Timelines<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Alexander Fleming<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Florey and Chain develop Penicillin<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gerhard Domagk and Prontosil<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Edward Jenner and the Smallpox Vaccine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Louis Pasteur and Germ Theory<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Robert Koch<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The development of Vaccinations<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Was Penicillin an accident?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Paul Ehrlich and the Magic Bullet<\/a><\/p>\n Medicine Through time<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Resources for Medicine Through Time<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Prehistoric Medicine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ancient Egyptian Medicine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ancient Greek Medicine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Medicine in the Roman Empire<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Medieval Medicine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Renaissance Medicine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Public Health in the Industrial Revolution<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Fight against infectious disease<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Modern Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gerhard Domagk: Sulfonamide drugs Domagk was a chemist who was inspired by the achievements of Paul Ehrlich’s team. He set out to find dyes that would destroy other infectious microbes within the body. Domagk was very thorough in his work and in 1932 discovered that a dye called prontosil would act against he streptococcus virus.… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3759,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3768","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t