A giant step forward in the field of medicine, antibiotics saved millions of lives by killing and preventing the growth of harmful bacteria, Scientists like Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister were the first to recognize and attempt to combat bacteria, but it was
Alexander Fleming who discovered the bacteria-inhibiting mold known as penicillin in 1928,
With the discovery of penicillin,
A)
diseases became more frequent
B)
antiseptics were no longer needed.
C)
less people contracted bacterial pneumonia,
D)
casualties rose during World War 1 due to degenerating battlefield
conditions