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{{Quote||Bacteriophagic medicine was available in the West before the forties but was discontinued when penicillin and other "miracle antibiotics" came out. Bacteriophages continued to flourish in Eastern Europe as an over-the-counter medicine. The "O1-phage" has been used for diagnosis of all Salmonella types while the prophylaxis of Shigella dysentery was conducted with the help of phages. Annales Immunologiae Hungaricae No. 9 (1966) in German.}} | {{Quote||Bacteriophagic medicine was available in the West before the forties but was discontinued when penicillin and other "miracle antibiotics" came out. Bacteriophages continued to flourish in Eastern Europe as an over-the-counter medicine. The "O1-phage" has been used for diagnosis of all Salmonella types while the prophylaxis of Shigella dysentery was conducted with the help of phages. Annales Immunologiae Hungaricae No. 9 (1966) in German.}} | ||
A. The O1-phage is used for typing (i.e. diagnosing) Salmonella infections, not treating it. | A. The O1-phage is used for typing (i.e. diagnosing) Salmonella infections, not treating it.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://web.archive.org/web/20091027101854/http://www.geocities.com/avinash_abhyankar/typing.htm|title= Typing of Salmonellae|publisher= Avinash Abhyankar|author= |date= Internet Archive capture dated October 27, 2009|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20091027101854%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2Favinash_abhyankar%2Ftyping.htm&date=2013-07-28|deadurl=no}}</ref> | ||
B. Bacteriophage therapy was subsumed by antibiotic therapy in the 1940s because it was largely ineffective. Before antibiotics, physicians were desperate for cures – they would try anything, even bacteriophage therapy – but that does not prove bacteriophage therapy works. In any event, one would need massive doses of phages to treat each case – which does not occur in the natural environment. A fly dipping its right wing, left wing, or its entire body, will not be sufficient. | B. Bacteriophage therapy was subsumed by antibiotic therapy in the 1940s because it was largely ineffective. Before antibiotics, physicians were desperate for cures – they would try anything, even bacteriophage therapy – but that does not prove bacteriophage therapy works. In any event, one would need massive doses of phages to treat each case – which does not occur in the natural environment. A fly dipping its right wing, left wing, or its entire body, will not be sufficient. | ||
===They do not understand what they purport to be proof=== | ===They do not understand what they purport to be proof=== | ||