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katie_m

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Jun 30, 2014 20:10

Penicillin was not available in the 1930s, fandom. This is not a difficult piece of research and I don't think "antibiotics are fairly new all things considered" is a particularly esoteric piece of information, though maybe I'm wrong about that ( Read more... )

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thepouncer July 1 2014, 00:45:36 UTC

Also post-1930s: asthma inhalers and television. Plus a lot of other home appliances.

Awwwww, nephew.

T katie_m July 4 2014, 00:36:45 UTC

The television thing! Also maddening!

minim_calibre July 1 2014, 06:58:58 UTC

Not readily available. Discovered, being used in trials, and on the brink of widespread availability, but yeah, not readily available.

(By the late 1930s, sulfa drugs were getting into rotation, though.)

katie_m July 4 2014, 00:39:49 UTC

I'm just saying, if you're going to put yourself up as an expert on historical accuracy you should have the basic googling skills to find reliable answers. Though I suppose I should assume the best; maybe 1930 was just a typo for 1940?

I very nearly gave in and reblogged it with a correction, which is extra double-plus useless on tumblr, so I came here to vent. And now I feel better.

veejane July 1 2014, 10:59:48 UTC

Ah ha ha penicillin. I thought that one was famous! Or maybe just locally, as it played such a big role in treating victims of the Cocoanut Grove fire.

I have yet to see a heart transplant in the 1930s, but I'm sure it will come up eventually.

katie_m July 4 2014, 01:03:14 UTC

As Pouncer mentions above, the other big one that turns up a lot is television.