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Antibiotics do not have the infection-killing power they used to, but scientists are pulling a page from past medical books to combat a current health crisis.
According to the BBC, a 1,000 year old treatment that was used to clear up eye infections could defeat antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
A salve created from onion, garlic and part of a cow's stomach nearly wiped out all traces of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. You would know that more commonly as MRSA.
The Daily Mail said the medicine, which also included wine, was used to treat a stye, the sometimes painful bumps you get on your eyelid, came from the 10th century. When used on mice that had MRSA, it killed 90 percent of the bacteria.
Where did today's scientists from the University of Nottingham find the treatment? It was included in "Bald's Leachbook," an old English manuscript that had various medical treatments, now housed in the British Library, the BBC reported.
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