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“The Treatment of Early Syphilis with Penicillin: A Preliminary Report of 1418 Cases” (1944), by Joseph Earle Moore, J. F. Mahoney, Walter Schwartz, Thomas Sternberg, and W. Barry Wood
By: Srivatsan Swaminathan
| Published: Aug 13, 2024
In 1944, Joseph Earl Moore and colleagues published “The Treatment of Early Syphilis with Penicillin: A Preliminary Report of 1418 Cases,” hereafter…
SyphilisTreponema pallidumPenicillinsAntibiotics, PenicillinPenicillin
Penicillin
By: Srivatsan Swaminathan
| Published: Aug 12, 2024
Penicillin is a type of drug called an antibiotic that can treat bacterial infections by killing the bacteria or making it difficult for the bacteria…
Antibiotics, PenicillinStaphylococcusAntibacterial Drug ResistanceSyphilisDrug Development
Understanding and Treating Gonorrhea from the Eighteenth Century to the Twenty-First Century
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Jul 08, 2024
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease, or STD, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Common symptoms of the disease include painful…
GonorrheaNeisseria gonorrhoeaeUrinationSyphilisPelvic Inflammatory Disease
Arthur Earl Walker (1907-1995)
By: Alexandra Bohnenberger
| Published: Mar 07, 2017
Arthur Earl Walker was a medical researcher and physician who studied the brain and neurosurgery in the United States during the twentieth century.…
NeurologyBrain--Ventricles--SurgeryJohns Hopkins HospitalJohns Hopkins Hospital. Department of MedicineDandy-Walker Syndrome
“Is Neisseria gonorrhoeae Initiating a Future Era of Untreatable Gonorrhea?: Detailed Characterization of the First Strain with High-Level Resistance to Ceftriaxone” (2011), by Makoto Ohnishi, Daniel Golparian, Ken Shimuta, Takeshi Saika, et al.
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Aug 20, 2024
In July 2011, Makoto Ohnishi and colleagues published the article “Is Neisseria gonorrhoeae Initiating a Future Era of Untreatable Gonorrhea?:…
GonorrheaSexually Transmitted Diseases, BacterialSexually Transmitted DiseasesVenereal DiseasesSexually Transmitted Infections
Dorothy Andersen (1901–1963)
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Jun 18, 2017
Dorothy Andersen studied cystic fibrosis in the United States during the early 1900s. In 1935, Andersen discovered lesions in the pancreas of an…
Celiac DiseaseCeliac disease in childrenPenicillin
Hideyo Noguchi (1876–1928)
By: Srivatsan Swaminathan
| Published: May 30, 2024
Hideyo Noguchi researched bacteria, including Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis, in Japan and the US during the early 1900s.…
SyphilisNeurosyphilisCentral Nervous System SyphilisTreponema pallidumYellow Fever
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1890- )
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Jun 21, 2014
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a non-profit research institution that specializes in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, quantitative…
OrganizationWatson, James D., 1928-EugenicsBacteriophagesBrenner, Sydney
“Cesarean Section -- A Brief History” (1993), by Jane Eliot Sewell
By: Kelly Roberts
| Published: Jun 27, 2024
Jane Eliot Sewell presented “Cesarean Section--A Brief History” in 1993 as a brochure in the National Library of Medicine’s exhibit on the history of…
Cesarean SectionAbdominal DeliveryMidwivesRicketsAnesthesia