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Conclusions
Arthritis of mice, caused by pleuropneumonia-like microorganisms has been treated with gold sodium thiomalate, sodium thiomalate, the disulphicle form of sodium thiomalate and sodium succinimido-aurate. The compounds containing gold, gold sodium thiomalate and sodium succinimido-aurate, were effective in curing this disease, the others had no therapeutic effect. Sulfur alone or in sulfhydryl linkage is not necessary in order that gold-containing compounds have a therapeutic effect.
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