Antibiotic Soil from 1815 Grave May Prove Useful in the Fight Against Superbugs

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It's been a year now since microbiologist Dr. Gerry Quinn discovered that there may be more to a particular folk medicine tradition. This is a legend that comes from Boho, County Fermanagh, regarding the grave of a certain James McGirr in the churchyard of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church. Father McGirr, known as a faith healer and the parish priest in 1803, is buried in a plot of land that ... ...more

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