> Mike Stoops writes, in part:
>
> > Not really positive of my chemistry in the medicine Sulfa, but I do
> > believe it is a derivitive of the basic compound sulfer.
>
>     Yes, Mike, there _is_ sulfur in such Sulfa drugs as sulfanilimide for
> instance, but there's nitrogen in there too, and carbon and oxygen.  When
> they're combined into a chemical compound like that, none of them behaves as
it
> does when it's an uncombined element.  Elemental sulfur has some mild
pesticidal
> properties on a few species (I seem to recall some fungicidal activity, but
> don't have my Merck Manual with me today), but the levels at which it is
active
> are several orders of magnitude above that for sulfa-type materials.
>
> John E. Taylor III     W3ZID   |"The opinions expressed are those of the
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>
 REPLY: Who is the "Rohm and Hass Company?"  Yes, your employer but I don't
get it.  Jack the B-man
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