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Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈdoːmak] ⓘ; 30 October 1895 – 24 April 1964) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist. He is credited with the discovery of sulfonamidochrysoidine (KL730) as an antibiotic for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
The challenge was long thought to be impossible, but in 1932 Gerhard Domagk and his colleagues demonstrated in mice experiments that sulfonamides could be used to counteract bacteria that cause blood poisoning.
Domagk held honorary doctorates of the Universities of Bologna, Münster, Cordoba, Lima, Buenos Aires, and Giessen. He was made Knight of the Order of Merit in 1952, was awarded the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Health of Spain in 1955.
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Gerhard Domagk was a German bacteriologist and pathologist who was awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery (announced in 1932) of the antibacterial effects of Prontosil, the first of the sulfonamide drugs. Domagk earned a medical degree from the University of Kiel.
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Mar 13, 2020 · Domagk’s pioneering research led to the development of Prontosil Rubrum, the first antibiotic drug to cure bacterial infections and the first of many sulfa drugs. Overview. In the 1920s and 1930s common bacterial infections ran rampant in Europe and the United States.
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May 21, 2018 · Domagk’s discovery profoundly changed the prognosis of many dangerous and potentially fatal diseases such as puerperal fever, erysipelas, cerebrospinal meningitis, and pneumonia. In October 1939, sponsored by American, French, and British scientists, Domagk was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. He duly acknowledged the great ...
