Bacterial Battleground
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
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Introduction
Doctor John tregonning is the author of a book called infectio pategans and how we fight them. He talks to James holland about medicine's role in World War Two, including penesil surgery for wounds caused by bullets or mortars. And he explains why antibiotics are so important today as well as other treatments such as vacines that can kill mosquitoes which carry deadly diseases.
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