Question

why did ancient Egyptians use molded bread on infected cuts and wounds to heal them?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Antibiotics are powerful compounds that are made of fungi and bacteria able to kill microbes and infection-causing agents.

Ancient humans were familiar with this phenomenon and used it to treat various illnesses and healthy troubles.

Egyptians applied moldy bread on infected cuts and wounds to heal them. The moldy bread is packed with fungi and bacteria that effectively kill the species that cause the infection.

“The moldy bread is packed with fungi and bacteria that effectively kill the species that cause the infection.”

However, the discovery of penicillin in 1928 put an end to the need for moldy bread to heal cuts. The power of this first true antibiotic was discovered and harnessed by Alexander Fleming

Answer 2

Answer:

to heal the wound quickly

Explanation:

On molded bread a special type of fungus grow named peniciline notatom which produce a special type of antibotic called peniciline which break the cell wall of the bacteria which is growing on the wound.

This was first found by Axender Fleming during second world war and first used on amarician army