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PENICILLIN IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITISA PRELIMINARY REPORT
JOSEPH BUCHMAN, M.D.;
JOHN E. BLAIR, Ph.D.
Arch Surg. 1945;51(2):81-92.
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The history of the treatment of chronic osteomyelitis is replete with many rebuffs to the suffering victims, despite the application of many new procedures and drugs and serums which have been developed in recent decades. Notwithstanding the fact that these new approaches have produced spectacular results in the treatment of other types of infections, they have been found wanting in the treatment of chronic osteomyelitis. These failures are due to the inherent nature of the chronic osteomyelitic lesion. Many hopes, raised high with the advent of every new therapeutic agent, have met with disappointment due to the lack of appreciation of the differences existing between the chronic osteomyelitic lesion and other lesions and the specialized problems involved in the cure of the disease under consideration
Rational therapy can be administered only when the pathologic character of the involvement is appreciated. Briefly, the chronic osteomyelitic lesion presents a diseased bone which
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Author Affiliations
NEW YORK
From the Hospital for Joint Diseases.
Footnotes
The work described in this paper was done under a contract, recommended by the Committee on Medical Research, between the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Hospital for Joint Diseases. The penicillin was provided by the Office of Scientific Research and Development from supplies assigned by the Committee on Medical Research for clinical investigations recommended by the Committee on Chemotherapeutics and Other Agents of the National Research Council.
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