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Penicillin: More than a Moldy Petri Dish
Stuff You Missed in History Class
The Challenge of Making Penesilon Work in the UK
Infections were a major, major cause of death for wounded soldiers. effective treatments for bacterial illnesses could also allow sick soldiers to return to duty faster. But the prospects for doing that in the uk. Were grim. Although there were british companies that were interested in working with penesilon, most were dedicated to critical war time work involving drugs and other chemicals already known to have a use. Plus, british factories were at risk of being bombed or otherwise attacked. Norman heatley suggested that several of them intentionally rub mould into their coats,. so that if they had to flee, they could just wear their samples with them, undetected. Why does everybody on this on
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