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Domagk

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Do·magk (dmäk), Gerhard 1895-1964.
German biochemist. He won a 1939 Nobel Prize for his work on the antibacterial effect of sulfa drugs but declined the award at the instruction of the German government.

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The saga begins with Gerhard Domagk, who as a field physician for the German army in World War I witnessed soldiers' deaths and then dedicated his life to finding a way to protect other soldiers against the ravages of bacteria.
Domagk was innovative in that he began to experiment with dyes, looking for their possible effects against various infections.
Chapter 1 provides a historical perspective to drug discovery, looking briefly at the pioneering work of researchers such as Ehrlich, Domagk, Fleming, Ahlquist and others.
 
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