[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![iiietliod of blocking kidney secretion, which is without danger, will have to be used in llie treatment with penicillin; it is secreted mud too qui(;kly by the kidneys. Sudicient concentration must be main- tained in the blood stream to stop the growth of the gonococcus. These are ))roblenis of the futurci which we hope will be etTectiv(dy overcome and make ])enicillin a sure and quick treatment for both gonorrhcea and syi)hilis. The danger of treating with jienicillin cases suffering from gonoia'lnea who may alsf) be })otential sufferers from syphilis is too technical to be discussed further, e.xrept to say that the ])roblem is mostly a mattei- of adecpiate sup])lies of penicillin, and these are not vet available.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927382_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
