2007-02-10 23:00:45 · 7 answers · asked by vader_the_bird 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The antibiotic, like penicillin, works so well against so many infections that it is often called the “miracle drug.” Actually, antibiotics are chemicals, which, when put into your body, kill or stop the growth of certain kinds of germs. They help your body fight disease. That is why these medicines are called antibiotics, which name comes from two Greek words meaning “against life.” As the name suggests, antibiotics work against many of the forms of life that we call germs.
2007-02-10 23:22:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the first antibiotic. Before penicillin even a simple cut on your hand could kill you. Once penicillin was developed people miraculously lived through sicknesses that had killed everyone before.
2007-02-10 23:11:41 · answer #2 · answered by startrektosnewenterpriselovethem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
penicillin is referred to as the miracle drug for two reasons. one mainly being that it is the base for all drugs today. every drug you take today is just modified penicillin. molecules added on or taken off. the second reason is that it kills pathogens in the body. in other words it cures you when your sick.
2007-02-10 23:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could 'kill' so much infection
however
for sexually transmitted diseases - it now takes 100 times
the penicillin needed 50 years ago! the bugs are getting better
2007-02-10 23:05:01 · answer #4 · answered by tomkat1528 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
back in one of the world wars (i think one), more people were killed by viruses than the war. they made penecillin and less people died and it was so easy to make.
2007-02-11 05:51:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it is an antibiotic
2007-02-10 23:07:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it kill germs
2007-02-10 23:06:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋