走近诺贝尔奖八次的伦纳德·罗杰斯与霍乱治疗

Eight Times' Nobel Prize Nominee Leonard Rogers and the Treatment of Cholera

1906年～1920年,伦纳德·罗杰斯在霍乱治疗领域实施了一系列新疗法:高渗生理盐水、碱性溶液静脉注射和高猛酸盐口服,在印度加尔各答取得显著疗效,成为当时世界上霍乱治愈率最高的疗法。罗杰斯周密的控制性研究和权威论著,为其广泛应用提供了科学依据。由于在热带医学方面的贡献,罗杰斯被八次提名诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。

From 1906 to 1920, Leonard Rogers implemented a series of new measures to treat cholera： intravenous injection of hypertonic saline and alkali solution, oral intake of permanganate, which were the most curative therapies in the world, getting remarkable effect in Calcutta. Rogers＇ careful control studies and authoritative works provided scientific basis for the widespread use. Because of the contributions in Tropical Medicine, Rogers was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine eight times.