Demons in the Microscope II: Antibiotics and the Great War
Serving on opposite sides during World War I, two young medics became frustrated by the number of people they saw fall to streptococcal infections, gangrene, and tuberculosis. Learn how a German, Gerhard Domagk, and Alexander Fleming, a Scot, worked to resolve the medical problems they saw on the battlefield — caused by “demons in the microscope” (aka germs) — with world-changing results. Gas warfare, too, contributed to the development of modern medicine; we’ll talk about how.
Location
KCDC Pop-Up Learning Space
1613 Rhode Island Ave. NE
Washington,
DC
Neighborhood: Langdon/Brookland
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Instructor
Dexter Sumner is a local tanguero with three years’ experience dancing in the D.C. area and abroad. He has also taught classes on yoga and World War I for Knowledge Commons DC.