When exactly were medicines with gold used for tuberculosis?

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"commonplace forms of treatment nearly fifty years ago" is not very clear, is it? --Enfresdezh 11:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

And why doesn't it mention gout, which is still treated with gold salts? WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:22, 25 November 2007 (UTC)Reply