Antibiotics

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Antibiotics part 1
With the discovery and mass production of penicillin during the second world war, the risk of infection during surgery was reduced.
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Antibiotics part 2
This increased the success rate of complex operations considerably.
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Antibiotics part 3
These developments helped lead to rapid progress especially in the area of transplant and replacement surgery.
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chance
Fleming discovered penicillin by accident when some bacteria blew in through his lab window
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War
the second world war sped up the development of penicillin
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Card 2

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This increased the success rate of complex operations considerably.

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Antibiotics part 2

Card 3

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These developments helped lead to rapid progress especially in the area of transplant and replacement surgery.

Back

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Card 4

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Fleming discovered penicillin by accident when some bacteria blew in through his lab window

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Card 5

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the second world war sped up the development of penicillin

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