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Penicillin, the first antibiotic, had just been discovered on the very eve of the war. It was a still extremely scarce. Before penicillin the best treatment for infection was sulfa drugs, and the sulfa powder was to sprinkle on wounds to try to inhibit infection from setting it.

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Q: Why did soldiers carry sulfa powder with them in world war 2?
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