How a Confederate Journal Could Help Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria

When we look back at the medical profession in the 19th Century, the picture we get from literature and history is of a profession often fumbling in the dark. Before the discovery of germ theory, modern hygiene, and antibiotics —doctors were as likely to do you in as save you. But a medical handbook from the Confederate Army might help researchers fight drug-resistant bacteria today. Guest: Cassandra Quave, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Human Health, Emory University, and Curator, Emory University Herbarium