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NICOTINIC acid has been found to be especially important as a supplement to sulphanilamide therapy of pneumonia. In a series of cases, it has been noted that there frequently occurs in victims of pneumonia treated with sulphanilamide, a black-dotted, heavy furring of the tongue akin to black-tongue. At the same time, consolidation of the lung fails to resolve though the temperature be normal and toxic effects cleared.
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JOSEPHSON, E., KLEWAN, G. Sulphanilamide Therapy in Pneumonia. Nature 143, 725 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143725a0
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