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ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTS
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The antibacterial properties of
garlic have been recognized for some
time. The Codex Medicamentarius
published in 1758 recommended a
tincture of garlic to combat cholera.
Pasteur reported on the use of
garlic as an antibacterial agent.
(Reichenberg, 1980)
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At the turn of the century, Dr.
W. C. Minchin, head of the
tuberculosis ward at Kells Hospital
in Dublin, Ireland, wrote that garlic
had a remarkably high cure rate for
tuberculosis. At the time, garlic
was used as an inhalant, taken
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internally, and applied as a compress
and ointment.
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At the same time, Dr. W. W.
McDuffin, conducting research in New
York City, compared garlic with 55
other treatments for TB and concluded
that garlic was the most effective
agent. Garlic has been demonstrated
to be bacteriostatic for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis in low
concentrations and probably also
bactericidal in higher concen-
trations. (Rao, 1946)
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A patient with tuberculosis
escaped from a state hospital here in
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