New T. B. Drug

Every so often new hope springs up that a chemical laboratory has succeeded in perfecting a magic bullet against tuberculosis. But so far the only drugs strong enough to kill the tuberculosis organism have been too strong for people to take.

Last fortnight the most promising anti-t.b. drug to date was announced: Professor George W. Raiziss of Abbott Laboratories reported in Science that disodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate diamino-diphenylsulfone (short name: Diasone) is the best drug yet used to treat guinea pigs newly infected with tuberculosis. It is a sulfa drug which Professor Raiziss says is even better than Promin, another diaminodiphenylsulfone derivative, hitherto the best anti-t.b. drug. Three good points about Diasone: it is only slightly toxic, therefore can be used in fairly large quantities with safety; it is as good as sulfanilamide in curing streptococcus infections in mice; it is almost as good as sulfadiazine in curing type II pneumonia. The big question: Will Diasone help human patients?

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