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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 03/17/07 21:51
dorayme wrote:
> In article <0uptc4-oh7.ln1@ophelia.g5n.co.uk>, Toby A Inkster
> <usenet200703@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> kravemore wrote:
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>> > http://www.kravemore.com
>>
>> Taken from the above site:
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>> | How old is Grandpa??? | I was born before: | penicillin |
>> This man would be only 59 years old
>>
>> A 59 year old would have been born in 1947 or 1948. Penicillin's
>> discovery is normally attributed to Sir Alexander Fleming, who first
>> noticed it in 1929, although there is evidence that it has been used
>> traditionally in some parts of the world for thousands of years. It
>> was used to great effect in WWII to treat wounded Allied troops.
>
> But it was not useful till the Australian scientist Florey did his
> work (purifying it etc) and it was able to be produced in large
> quantities. That was not till after about 1939, I think into the
> middle of the war. So perhaps Grandpa was only about 68.
Yeah, I think at least for the first part of WWII they were still pretty
much just throwing sulfa powder on your wounds.
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