1938: Reservation doctor finds safe trachoma treatment

An English doctor working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota finds a successful treatment for trachoma. Dr. Fred Loe, a U.S. Public Health Service officer, realizes that oral doses of the antibacterial drug sulfanilamide rapidly cure or arrest trachoma. He publishes his discovery in an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Theme

Epidemics

Region

Great Plains