Drugs & Alcohol Abuse: How Was Gonorrhea Treated “BEFORE Sulfa Drugs (1937), and What Were the Lifelong Effects on the Sufferer?
Question by HN: How was gonorrhea treated “BEFORE sulfa drugs (1937), and what were the lifelong effects on the sufferer?
That is the World War “ONE” – 1920s period. Sulfa drugs were not available until 1937. Please don’t answer unless you are knowledgeable about this issue and period in medicine. Thank you for answers.
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Answer by youkillme
Generally only men were treated. The most grotesque treatment involved inserting a heated metal rod into the urethra. I guess to make sure that it stayed open so urine could pass while the debilitating effects of the disease attacked the brain.
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