During and shortly following World War II, new "miracle drugs" revolutionized the medical treatment of infections and gave life and hope to millions. The new drugs included several types of substances found to have antibacterial and antiviral...

Chlortetracycline (trade name Aureomycin®, Lederle) is a tetracycline antibiotic, and was the first tetracycline to be discovered. It was discovered in 1945 by Dr Benjamin Duggar in a soil sample from Sanborn Field at the University of Missouri,...