At the time, [1942] penicillin was a rare and valuable elixir. With the ongoing war raging in Europe and in east Asia, there were few industrial plants and even fewer laborers that could manufacture a relatively untested medication. This was precious stuff, scarce in quantity but potent in implementation, and so it was a remarkably handy thing that the drug known as the “magic bullet” wasn’t just a one-hit, one-person wonder, but could be used and reused time and time again.
Wait, what?
Yes: After one administration of injected penicillin, anywhere from 40 to 99 percent of the antibiotic is excreted in urine in its fully functional form about 4 hours after administration thanks to our efficient and hardworking kidneys (2). Due to this distinct feature of its pharmacokinetics, penicillin could be extracted from the crystalized urine of a treated patient and then used to treat another patient in the throes of serious bacterial infection just next door.
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Penicillin trivia
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Penicillin trivia
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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littlebeast13
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Re: Penicillin trivia
Nobody's gonna get any from my toilet.... it's one of my allergies.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Penicillin trivia
They would just be pissing in the windlittlebeast13 wrote:Nobody's gonna get any from my toilet.... it's one of my allergies.
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Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.