Ray,

At 21:30 09/09/2010 -0400, you wrote:

Goldenseal is an antibiotic and we have used it for centuries. The medical botanica of the Indian people have formed a large part of modern medical chemistry. The anatomical texts of the people of Mexico are also first rate except all but one were burned by the Christian Church.

Yes, there are many natural antibacterial plants and fungi that have been known for centuries by different cultures in different environments. I was really referring to those such as penicillin which are broad spectrum, powerful in high dilution and can be manufactured in large quantities.

Keith





REH



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At 01:45 10/09/2010 +0200, Chris wrote:

Keith wrote:
> at around 1950-60 we had developed two of the greatest discoveries
> of our era as a final gesture -- antibiotics (from molecular biology), and
> the computer (from Turing's maths ideas). We developed both of these

The world's first computer was built in Germany, but you guys destroyed it
by bombing in 1943...
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse


M'mm . . . interesting! Thanks for the correction.

Keith



Chris



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