• KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    The change from 1800 to 1950 is mostly caused by soap, and the change from 1950 to 2015 by penicilline and the Haber process.

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      Not even. The biggest change is due to crazy high infant mortality rates no longer drastically reducing the average

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        Yes, and what caused the reduction in infant mortality?

        Soap. Or rather the revolutionary idea that it would be good if doctors and midwives used it.

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        Which was largely due to the introduction of soap and hygiene practices during childbirth.