What happened when people got infections before antibiotics?

Question:

I used to get outer ear infections. I don't think they'd ever go away if I didn't have antibiotics; however, I cured one by myself once by putting alcohol in my ear. However, other infections aren't so simple. What if someone got a cut on their finger and it got infected before antibiotics? Would it ever go away, or would people die, etc?

Answers:
Have you ever been to an "old graveyard" and noticed the ages of people when they died? They died in their 30s, 40s, the 60s was really really old. A lot of these people died with infections such as pneumonia. Many had wounds that would not heal also. However, there were many remedies that worked a little any way. Ginger root on the chest for coughing, barley in tea for infections of the skin, etc... The main problem with infection is spreading into the blood and then to other organs and cells. This is when you become septic and generally, without antibiotics, you will die. All medication comes from somewhere and a lot of healing meds that we use today come from plants. However, in the mass production of concentration in the medications, the meds of today work a whole lot better, as we can detect with the average age to live today is the middle 80s.

people would die from infections and it is looking the same way again course of the over use of them.

Years ago people ate much healthier than they do today so they had natural anti-bodies in their system to help fight infection. They also ate more onions and garlic and both help to strengthen the immune system. If the infection was bad enough, many times they died as the infection spread through their bodies. Many a solider in the civil war died because of uncleanness and infections.

And be careful with the alcohol in the ear, as that can cause problems with the ear drum if you aren't careful (advice from my doctor).

Start taking 8 to 10 garlic capsules every day and build up your immune system and drink cranberry juice which is very beneficial in that regard, too. I avoided a bad throat/sinus infection earlier this year when I started taking the garlic and Claritin D ~ by the next day the sore throat was gone so now I try to take the garlic 3 or 4 times a week to keep it in my system (some take it every day).

And what many people don't realize is antibiotics can sometimes make infections worse so it's better to try to get rid of infections through more natural means if possible.

What happened when people got infections before antibiotics?

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