05-28-2014, 04:51 PM
artie67 wrote:
The dependence on antibiotics is starting to take a toll.
And yet, if we never used antibiotics, many of us would be dead of very simple infections, and many of our routine surgeries would be extremely dangerous.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0601/p2731.html
In the 1600s, wound infection was so common that redness, warmth and purulence were thought to be desirable features of wound healing.
The real issue is to understand the nature of the ecosystem in which we live and to use antibiotics judiciously.