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PENCILLIN
Shady Riad
FACT
the most
overdue
library book
was 288 years late
Unfortunately, as a result of germs and spread of evolving
bacteria many have had to deal with the unpleasant trip to the doctor’s office. One of the
most commonly prescribed medications for bacterial infections is antibiotics. As unpleasant as they may be they are the most efficient in helping the body fight of the infection.
(They do not have any effect on viruses only bacterial infections). Before the current modern day technology, and the progress we have made in developing medication, hospital
beds would be full of patients that were suffering from blood poisoning as a result of cuts
or scratches. All doctors could do was hope for the best, there was no known cure (or efficient cure) for bacterial infection. The now currently known treatment, that saves lives, actually came about as a result of an accident
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