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In a world with no antibiotics, how did doctors treat infections?

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imageBloodletting was treatment for infection in the past. Wellcome Library, London, CC BY

The development of antibiotics and other antimicrobial therapies is arguably the greatest achievement of modern medicine. However, overuse and misuse of antimicrobial therapy predictably leads to resistance in microorganisms. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as...

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