The technique he used, along with Tracy Putnam, to identify this compound ushered in the modern era of drug therapy for epilepsy.
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.
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