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Antibiotics aren't the only modern advance to combat infection. Consider also the tools and knowledge (proper wound cleaning and binding) that's been developed
by schwap 11y ago
Antibiotics aren't the only modern advance to combat infection. Consider also the tools and knowledge (proper wound cleaning and binding) that's been developed to prevent infections in the first place.
- Retric 11y agoTrue enough, but it's internal wounds where antibiotics are most useful. There are also a fair number of Antibacterial herbs for external wound treatment that where in use. Even just honey can be useful. A flowing stream is not sterilized, but can be used for wound treatment, the ocean is also useful for this. The point is it's not as bad as you might think. Consider cavities, without refined sugar and massive quantities of grains there actually far less common. That said, late stage hunter gathers where probably much worse off.