I am someone whose life was saved by this drug. Here is the note I sent you in February, 2014: Dear Thomas, I'm writing to express my deep gratitude to you for your book on the Sulfa drug, The Demon Under the Microscope. I tried to reach you through you webpage, but you never responded. I know you're a scientist, but I hope you believe in divine providence, because your "friendship" here is just that! Strange as it may sounds, I've been looking for you. The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drugĭear Thomas, I'm thrilled to have you as a Goodreads friend. The powerful new drugs changed how care was given as well as who gave it.” The result, in the view of some, has been a shift in the profession from caregiver to technician. They routinely perform what were once considered miracles. Today they act: They prescribe, they treat, they cure. A century ago most physicians were careful, conservative observers who provided comfort to patients and their families. Aspiring caregivers today are chosen as much (or more) for their scientific abilities, their talent for mastering these manifold technological and pharmaceutical advances as for their interpersonal skills. One that has been shaped to a great degree by the successful development of potent cures that followed the discovery of sulfa drugs. “Where there were once several competing approaches to medicine, there is now only one that matters to most hospitals, insurers, and the vast majority of the public.
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