概述-历史记载   Introduction - Historical Notes

使用抗生素的成功

 1928-1929年，英国细菌学家亚历山大•弗雷明 ( Alexander Fleming ,1881-1955)发现和命名了青霉素，青霉素以及与后来发现的其他抗生素一起，最终成为治疗梅毒和其他细菌性感染疾病最有效的药物。弗雷明获得了1945年的诺贝尔医学奖。可是，二战期间，青霉素首次仅用于治疗伤员。惟有到了1940年代晚近的时候，该抗菌素确实足量到可滋规模化运用。到了1950年代，弗雷明的药物广泛用于性传播疾病的治疗，而且其结果真正地令人难忘。随着与大规模公共教育运动相结合，这种新疗法导致了梅毒传染病的戏剧性降低。  

Success with antibiotics
In 1928-29, the British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovered and named penicillin, which, together with other, later developed antibiotics, eventually became the most effective treatment of syphilis and other bacterial infections. Fleming was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945.  However, during WW II penicillin was first used only for the treatment of wounded soldiers. Only in the late 1940s did it became available in sufficient quantities and could be used on a larger scale. Beginning in the 1950s, it was widely used for the treatment of STDs, and the results were truly impressive. In combination with a massive public education campaign, the new treatment resulted in a dramatic decrease of syphilis infections.