title: Antibiotics: from prehistory to the present day.
abstract: Antimicrobials have been in use for many thousands of years in a variety of formats. In this article, I trace how we have moved from ingenious use of agents available in the environment to chemically engineered agents.
authors: Newcastle Public Health Laboratory, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK kate.gould@nuth.nhs.uk.
authors: Kate
authors: K
authors: Gould
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents