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When Was Penicillin First Used on a Patient?
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Penicillin was first used on 1st February 1941 on a patient. He was a policeman who had an advanced bacterial infection called staphylococcus. He was treated by this drug for five days, after which the penicillin supply ran out.
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Penicillin is used to treat very many different types of infections that are caused by bacteria. Penicillin is an antibiotic that works by killing the bacteria.
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Penicillin was not used until the early 1940's. This occurred when two men named Howard Florey and Ernst Chain were able to develop a powdery form of the drug.
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Penicillin is used to treat infection. Many people cannot take penicillin and have to have a derivative of it to keep from getting sick from the medication.
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Penicillin vk is used to treat dental infections, heart infections, scarlet fever, middle ear infections and upper and lower respiratory tract infections.
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