Natural Alternatives to Antibiotics - Revised and Updated : How to treat infections without antibiotics

 Content: Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: The History of Antibiotics; From early times to the nineteenth century; Honey; Garlic and onions; Moulds; Wine and vinegar; Copper; Antibiotics in ancient Africa; The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; Good bacteria; Pyocynase; Salvarsan; The penicillin era; Streptomycin; Chloramphenicol; The cephalosporins; The tetracyclines; Newer antibiotics. The most recent antibiotics The future; Chapter 2: Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics; Resistance to antibiotics: is it really a problem?; Why do bacteria develop resistance?; Antibiotic use in animals; Pet foods; Laboratory reports; How do bacteria develop resistance?; Spontaneous mutations; Plasmids; Transposons; Has bacterial resistance always been there or did we create it?; Do plasmids and transposons favour bacterial survival?; The consequences of resistance; Summary. South Africa Japan; Case history 2: John --
 Recurrent sore throat and tiredness; Case history 1: Mark --
 Influenza; Melbourne, Australia; Chapter 3: The Use and Abuse of Antibiotics; Antibiotics are now being rendered useless; The dangers of excessive antibiotic use; Resistance; Allergic reactions; Intestinal problems; Specific problems with certain antibiotics; Antibiotic abuse --
 the reasons why; What if an antibiotic must be used? Case history 4: Gerard --
 Recurrent ear and chest infections Sulphonamides; Aminoglycosides; Tetracyclines; Chloramphenicol; Case history 3: Sarah --
 Abdominal pain and loss of appetite; Chapter 4: Conventional and Alternative Medical Approaches; The conventional medical approach to treating infections; The alternative medical approach to treating infections; Chapter 5: Childhood Infections; Upper respiratory tract infections (nasal, sinus, throat and ear infections). Lower respiratory tract infections (chest infections) Croup; Bronchitis; Wheezy bronchitis and asthma; Recurrent respiratory infections; The child who does not get better; Infections of other parts of the body; Gastro-enteritis; Urinary tract infections; Summary; 5. Inhalation of a foreign body (e.g. a peanut or wheel of a toy car); 4. Reduced IGA; 3. Mycoplasma pneumonia; 2. Cystic fibrosis; 1. Tuberculosis. Case history 5: Seán --
 Persistent cough.
 Abstract:             A fully revised and updated edition of the international bestseller Alternatives to Antibiotics in which Dr John McKenna explains in simple, jargon-free language the variety of natural alternatives to antibiotics in treating infections