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jan 1, 1945 - Avalible Treatment

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Penicillin was introduced on a large scale as a treatment for bacterial infections. Howard Florey and Ernst Chain made this possible by efficiently purifying the antibiotic and scaling up
the production. The introduction of penicillin marked the beginning of the so-called “golden era” of antibiotics

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jan 1, 1945
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~ 81 years ago