Was Gonorrhea Curable in 1900?

History of gonorrhea treatments
In the 19th century gonorrhea was treated with the help of silver nitrate. Silver nitrate was soon discontinued and instead protargol was used which was a type of colloidal silver sold by Bayer from the year 1887. Around 1859 another treatment was popular.

When was the cure for gonorrhea discovered?

ยน In 1963, Willcox introduced ampicillin to treat gonorrhea and observed a cure rate of 98%.

How was gonorrhea treated in the 1930s?

In the 1930s, introduction and availability of sulfa drugs permitted the first reliable medicinal gonorrhea therapy. However, by 1944 resistance had emerged, and treatment failure rates exceeded 30% in gonorrhea patients treated with maximal sulfonamide doses [5, 6].

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