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The use of chemicals or drugs of any kind to treat disease is broadly called:Read the answer and worked solution →Paul Ehrlich searched for a compound that killed microbes without harming the:Read the answer and worked solution →Compound 606, discovered in Ehrlich's laboratory, was an effective treatment for:Read the answer and worked solution →The first synthetic antimicrobial created, the foundation of a whole drug family, was:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The use of chemicals or drugs of any kind to treat disease is broadly called:

  1. Chemotherapy
  2. Chemosynthesis
  3. Chemoreception
  4. Chemotaxis
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Correct answer: A. Chemotherapy

1. The word is often linked only with cancer treatment. 2. Its original meaning is much wider. 3. That term is chemotherapy. _Source: OpenStax Microbiology, Chapter 14, Antimicrobial Drugs._

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Paul Ehrlich searched for a compound that killed microbes without harming the:

  1. Plasmid
  2. Patient
  3. Pathogen
  4. Parasite
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Correct answer: B. Patient

1. A useful drug must spare the host. 2. That was the aim of his magic bullet. 3. So it must not harm the patient. _Source: OpenStax Microbiology, Chapter 14, Antimicrobial Drugs._

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Compound 606, discovered in Ehrlich's laboratory, was an effective treatment for:

  1. Syphilis
  2. Smallpox
  3. Scabies
  4. Scurvy
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Correct answer: A. Syphilis

1. It was the first successful synthetic antimicrobial. 2. It treated one bacterial disease. 3. That disease was syphilis. _Source: OpenStax Microbiology, Chapter 14, Antimicrobial Drugs._

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