[Seventy years after the beginning of vaccination against pertussis. Brief historical review of the treatments used in its combat]. / A setenta años del inicio de la vacunación antipertussis. Breve revisión histórica de los tratamientos empleados en su combate.

For centuries, numerous treatments were used, of the most varied origins and based on the most unlikely foundations designed to hasten recovery and improve the survival of patients with whooping cough. In 1906, when the bacterial origin of whooping cough was identified, the hope for a potential treatment arose, however, only decades later, humanity would face a significant change with the con solidation of an effective vaccination. This article provides a historical review from the use of some of the most frequent treatments devised between the 18th-20th centuries for the cure of whooping cough. Some of the therapies offered in Chile in the first half of the last century are emphasized and detailed.