North Africans scraped the mold from their saddles and used it as medicine; a French physician named Duchesne experimented with it, noticed its effects on bacteria, decades before Fleming.
Herodotus reported that crocodile dung was used as a remedy for *eye ailments*, which sounded and still sounds crazy. Probably came about due to superstitious thinking about croc eyes being the only visible part when they’re awaiting prey.
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