alleryPenicillin was used extensively to treat soldiers wounded in:
AThe Boer War
BThe Cold War
CWorld War II
DWorld War I
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. World War II
1. The antibiotic reached practical use in the 1940s.
2. It was applied to wounded American soldiers.
3. That was during World War II.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 10, Microbes in Human Welfare._
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