Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Njem: Albert Schatz, onye na-amụrụ PhD n'ụlọ nyocha Selman Abraham Waksman na Mahadum Rutgers bụ onye mbụ kewapụrụ Streptomycin na Ọktoba 19, 1943, na oru nyocha nke Merck na Co. Waksman na ndị ọrụ ụlọ nyocha ya chọpụtara ọtụtụ ọgwụ nje, gụnyere actinomycin, clavacin, streptothricin, streptomycin, grisein, neomycin, fradicin, candicidin, na candidin. N'ime ndị a, e ji streptomycin na neomycin mee ihe n'ụzọ sara mbara n'ịgwọ ọtụtụ ọrịa na-efe efe. Streptomycin bụ ọgwụ nje mbụ e ji gwọọ ụkwara nta (TB). Na 1952, e nyere Waksman Ihe Nrite Nobel n'Ihe Banyere Nkà Mmụta Ahụ Ike na Ọgwụ "n'ihi nchọpụta o mere banyere streptomycin, bụ́ ọgwụ nje mbụ na-alụso ụkwara nta ọgụ". E mechara bo Waksman ebubo na ọ na-ebelata ọrụ Schatz nke rụrụ ọrụ n'okpuru nlekọta ya. Ndị otu Rutgers kọrọ streptomycin na akwụkwọ ahụike na Jenụwarị 1944. N'ime ọnwa ole na ole, ha malitere iso William Feldman na H. Corwin Hinshaw nke Ụlọ Ọgwụ Mayo na-arụkọ ọrụ n'olileanya nke ịmalite ịnwale streptomycin n'ahụ́ mmadụ n'ọrịa ụkwara nta. Ihe isi ike na mbụ bụ ọbụna imepụta streptomycin zuru ezu iji mee nnwale, n'ihi na ụzọ ụlọ nyocha nyocha nke imepụta obere ogbe ka na-atụgharịrị gaa n'ịmepụta nnukwu ogbe azụmahịa. Ha jisiri ike mee nnyocha n'ahụ́ ụmụ anụmanụ n'ebe e ji nanị gram 10 nke ọgwụ ahụ dị ụkọ mee ihe, na-egosipụta nlanarị. Nke a bụ ihe akaebe zuru ezu iji mee ka Merck & Co. wepụ ụfọdụ ego site na mmemme mmepụta penicillin na-eto eto iji malite ịrụ ọrụ na mmepụta streptomycin. Ná ngwụsị nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, ndị agha United States mere nnwale na streptomycin iji gwọọ ọrịa ndị na-eyi ndụ egwu na ụlọ ọgwụ ndị agha na Battle Creek, Michigan. Onye ọrịa mbụ a gwọrọ anwụghị; onye ọrịa nke abụọ lanarịrị ma kpuo ìsì dị ka mmetụta nke ọgwụgwọ ahụ. Na Machị 1946, onye ọrịa nke atọ - Robert J. Dole, onye mechara bụrụ onye isi ndị isi na United States Senate na onye a họpụtara ịbụ onye isi ala - nwere ahụmịhe ngwa ngwa ma sie ike...  Ajụjụ: N'afọ dị aṅaa ka a nọpụrụ Streptomycin nke mbụ ya?
Afọ 1943