Penicillin - With Fire and Sword

Time: 1884

Place: Poland

Details: In 17th-century Poland, wet bread was mixed with spider webs (which often contained fungal spores) to treat wounds. The technique was mentioned by Henryk Sienkiewicz in his 1884 book With Fire and Sword.

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