Milestones In Medicine. Part 2 (Vaccines and Antibiotics)

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Learn all about the major milestones in vaccines and antibiotics. Beginning with Edward Jenner and the immunization method against smallpox, this program covers the advances in vaccinations and immunotherapy. Learn about Waldemar Haffkine, who developed a treatment for cholera, and Almroth Wright, who developed a vaccine for typhus. Other treatments are discussed for many major diseases, including diphtheria, tuberculosis, whooping cough, yellow fever, measles, hepatitis B, chicken pox, and meningitis. We’ll also discuss treatments for viral infections, including antiviral drugs. Other topics include antibiotics, the antimicrobial war, molecular medicine computer science, and DNA.