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The Medical and Franklin Library of Dr. William von Valtier, Part II
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EHRLICH, PAUL. 1854-1915; and SAHACHIRO HATA. 1873-1938.
Die experimentelle Chemotherapie der Spirillosen. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1910.

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EHRLICH, PAUL. 1854-1915; and SAHACHIRO HATA. 1873-1938.

Die experimentelle Chemotherapie der Spirillosen. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1910.
8vo. 5 photographic plates, illustrations in text. Publisher's printed wrappers. Light soiling and fading to wrappers, upper joint starting, paper label on spine.
Provenance: Dr. M. Bircher-Benner, Zurich (ink stamps on wrapper and title page).

First English translation. "After many experiments on the action of synthetic drugs upon spirochaetal diseases, Ehrlich and Hata in 1909 discovered salversan ('606')" (Garrison-Morton-Norman 2403). "Ehrlich conceived the idea of creating a 'magic bullet' drug to kill living organisms when he observed in his early work with aniline dyes that bacteria would take up the dye while the tissue remained unaffected. It was a first step toward the present-day extensive use of chemotherapy" (Heirs of Hippocrates 2159). Osler 1697; Waller 2707.

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