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naman is a fat ass nigga Although the principles of antibiotic action were not discovered until the twentieth century, the first known use of antibiotics was by the [[Ancient China|ancient Chinese]] over 2,500 years ago.<ref>[http://science.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/antibiotic How Products Are Made: Antibiotics]</ref> Many other ancient cultures, including the [[ancient Egyptians]] and [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greeks]] already used [[mold]]s and plants to treat [[infection]]s. This worked because some molds produce antibiotic substances. However, they couldn't distinguish or distill the active component in the molds.

Modern research on antibiotic therapy began in [[Germany]]land of hitler the guy with the little wang with the development of the narrow-spectrum antibiotic [[Salvarsan]] by [[Paul Ehrlich]] in [[1909]], for the first time allowing an efficient treatment of the then-widespread problem of [[Syphilis]]. The drug, which was also effective against other [[spirochaete|spirochaetal]] infections, is no longer in use in modern medicine.