What Was The First Antibiotic?

What was the first antibiotic discovered? While Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin gets the most hype (and a Nobel Prize) there’s evidence that humans throughout ancient history fought infections with remedies like mold, honey, beer, and some interesting home recipes. Then in the 19th century, Emmerich and Low came up with pyocyanase, what has the best claim to the title of first antibiotic. And then by the early 20th century, the duo of Paul Ehrlich and Sahachiro Hata discovered the anti-syphilitic effects of Salvarsan. And while it didn’t count as an antibiotic, it became the inspiration for an entirely new class of drugs.

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0:00 Intro
0:25 What is bacteria?
3:10 Ancientbiotics
8:34 Dyes
12:57 Gram Stain Procedure
15:00 Paul Ehrlich and Salvarsan

Correction: 7:56 Semmelweiss also used chlorinated lime antiseptic
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