Paul Ehrlich's magic bullet
August 1, 1912
Paul Ehrlich introduced Salvarsan, his treatment for syphilis, the first chemotherapeutic drug. Chemistry could now cure a disease, not just ease it. Ehrlich had coined the term magic bullet for a drug that would hit a pathogen without harming the host. Modern pharmaceutical medicine had found its first triumph and its guiding metaphor.
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