The technique he used, along with Tracy Putnam, to identify this compound ushered in the modern era of drug therapy for epilepsy.
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In 1938, outside scientists including H. Houston Merritt and Tracy Putnam discovered phenytoin's usefulness for controlling seizures, without the sedative effects associated with phenobarbital.