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The Marvels of Medicine, , Mare W Plo \ 7-19 Aol ms eT, , , , Warm-Up, , 1. Antibiotics are medicines that act against certain bacteria and disease causing germs., 2. Yes, for throat infection., , 3. No, as they can be harmful., , , The bacteria can mutate and become resistant to antibiotics if they are taken when not, required., 5. By taking care of hygiene and visiting the doctor regularly., , (Answers may vary. Accept all logical, well-reasoned responses. ), , Reading, , A. 1. Penicillin; England, , . St Mary’s Hospital, London, , . Dr Cecil Paine, , Sulpha drugs, , Dr Howard Walter Florey; Dr Ernst Boris Chain, . Albert Alexander, , . Lack of penicillin; relapse, , . 1941, , . The Second World War, , . Soldiers were getting injured on a large scale., , . Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey were knighted, , CNANKWN, , eee, NF oO oO, , . Fleming, Florey and Chain were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, for their discovery and development of penicillin,, , B. 1. d. The wounds would get infected., 2. a. People doubted its practical value., , C. 1. Further tests brought to light the fact that penicillin was extreme, antibacterial compound and it could be diluted, against bacteria. Also, it was found that penicill, , 2. A 48-year-old policeman, Albert Alexander cut, developed into septic. The doctors had lost, Chain asked permission to treat him. They, a few days Albert was recovering. But then, relapse and died five days later., , ly powerful as an, , a 1000 times, yet it would be effective, , In Was not toxic., , himself while shaving and the wound, all hope when Dr Howard Florey and Dr, injected penicillin into the patient and within, there was a lack of penicillin and he had a, , 144