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When Antibiotics Stop Working
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During World War I, a quarter of all soldiers died from infection. By World War II, this figure had dropped to about 10 percent. What changed? The reason can be traced to one of the most important discoveries in medicine, penicillin. With the advent of antibiotics, previously life-threatening infections could be treated. Surgery became safer. Maternal and infant mortality rates fell significantly. Millions of deaths could be prevented. Soon afte…
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