The most ringing and the most important word in the famous Atlantic Charter (the avowed war aims under which the Allies fought WWII and the document both the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were based upon) is surprisingly small .
That word is "all" - a modest , homey stand-in for the big word Universal that is more normally found in such documents.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
August 1943 to August 1945 : when Pax Americana was soft penicillin power, not hard atomic bomb power
Why exactly does Penicillin remain the best known and best loved medication of all time ?
Consider these points in its disfavour.
Its amazing life-saving qualities were not truly unique - not before or after it first became famous in late 1943.
The then still new Sulfa drugs, first popularized in the late 1930s , were also miracle life savers.
But , unlike 1943 penicillin , they were also inexpensive, abundant in supply and could be taken as infrequent pills.
Penicillin was in extremely short supply and was very, very expensive . It also required refrigeration and had to be given by needle.
In fact, in some ways, the original Penicillin was one of the worse ever drugs for a patient to receive.
Consider these points in its disfavour.
Its amazing life-saving qualities were not truly unique - not before or after it first became famous in late 1943.
The then still new Sulfa drugs, first popularized in the late 1930s , were also miracle life savers.
But , unlike 1943 penicillin , they were also inexpensive, abundant in supply and could be taken as infrequent pills.
Penicillin was in extremely short supply and was very, very expensive . It also required refrigeration and had to be given by needle.
In fact, in some ways, the original Penicillin was one of the worse ever drugs for a patient to receive.
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