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Inflammatory illness: Why the next wave of antidepressants may target the immune system

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But a year after Wagner-Jauregg received his Nobel Prize, a discovery occurred in London that would ultimately cause malariotherapy to fall out of style: Alexander Fleming struck upon penicillin, and within three decades, it became the go-to treatment for syphilis. Malariotherapy became a historical footnote, and Wagner-Jauregg's psychiatric legacy was quickly overshadowed by the dubious ethics of his experiments and his support of Nazism and eugenics.

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