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Reported Prontosil protection in infected mice and other bounded animal observations.
Scientific scope
The record is Domagk's sole-author 1935 German paper and its animal evidence. Chemical synthesis by Josef Klarer and Fritz Mietzsch, subsequent clinical studies, identification of sulfanilamide as the active moiety and later sulfonamides remain separate.
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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Domagk's sole-author 1935 German paper and its animal evidence. Chemical synthesis by Josef Klarer and Fritz Mietzsch, subsequent clinical studies, identification of sulfanilamide as the active moiety and later sulfonamides remain separate.
Contributors
- Gerhard Domagk · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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