Anthony Appleyard Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 In "A Storm of Swords" yesterday I found a statement that a festering battle wound was treated with "bread mold". It seems that Alexander Fleming was not the first to use an antibiotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Moldy bread was prescribed for infections by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Chinese thousands of years ago. They didn't know why it worked, just that it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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