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kicyunya [14]
4 years ago
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In 1941, ______ was the first used successfully to treat an infection caused by a bacterium.

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Helen [10]4 years ago
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Albert Alexander was the first patient to be successfully treated on an infection caused by bacteria. He accidentally scratched a thorn of a rose on his face which badly infected him. One of his eyes had also been removed. He was given an infusion<span> of 160 mg of penicillin on February 12, 1941, and within 24 hours, his wounds begun to heal. He, however, died on March 1941. </span>

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