Pus. A History of Antibiotics
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Centuries ago, draining a wound of pus was the surest way to fight dangerous infection, but millions of deaths from pestilent disease proved that this practice was not always successful. Even after medieval medicine gave way to Louis Pasteur's germ theory physicians had a tough time knocking out bacteria, until the advent of penicillin. This program traces the development of antibiotics and profiles the researchers who helped eradicate many bacterial and viral illnesses. With Donald A. Henderson, who led WHO's 1966 global war on smallpox.
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52 min
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[2013], c2012
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