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Re:Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic lev... by MrYellowP on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:26AM (#36996609)
It wasn't. "Stuff that kills bacteria" has been known for a long time, including times when nobody knew what bacteria were. Not every dirty wound was fatal, there's mixes of plants, applied to wounds, that do a good job.

Penicillin was the first highly effective AND mass producible antibiotic, though.

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Re:Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic lev... by Cthulhu_ on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:42AM (#36996745)
While true, actually applying it in practice took a long time. Imagine the shock and horror when male doctors were told by midwives that washing hands and keeping things clean reduced infant mortality.
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