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How Did Alexander Fleming Use Antibiotics Affect Our Lives?

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In London during 1928, the physician Alexander Fleming, learned that a natural mold had the amazing capability to kill the staph bacteria. This new antibiotic was very intriguing to the armies of America and Britain. During past wars, wounds that had become infected ended up killing more soldiers than were killed by battle injuries. Between World War I, and World War II, the death rate from bacterial infections fell from a massive 18 percent down to less than 1 percent. Certainly bacteria saved lives. As technology increased, and other types of antibiotics came on the scene, no doubt people’s lives were enhanced. People were not automatically handed a life sentence when they developed certain diseases or had certain injuries. Today, we
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