Word: curer
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Dates: during 1945-1945
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Penicillin, the miraculous curer of human disease, has long suffered serious ills of its own. Because it is destroyed by the stomach's gastric juices, doctors have had to administer it by injection. Because it is excreted so rapidly by the kidneys, the injections have had to be repeated every two hours. Result: for the patient, hospitalization and pain; for the doctor, a time-consuming nuisance...
Among them, Harg was a genius. He built fires, and arrogantly put them out. He took women away from other men, drove the men away with burning faggots. He became to his people the sorcerer, medicine man, curer of ills and conqueror of evils. But as they began to revere him as a supernatural being, to follow wherever he led, Harg thought they were trying to spy out his secret. He became unhappy, confused, resentful...
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