In terms of public health and medicine, one way the history of the United States is connected to that of the rest of the world is through penicillin production for WWII. One of the primary resources we analyzed was an advertisement for penicillin, which showed that the penicillin that saved the lives of soldiers in WWII could be used on the homefront. Therefore, the US and world history was connected in that penicillin used for a war between many countries of the world was able to bring this medical innovation to the United States. We also examined a source from a British member of Parliament who investigated the spread of disease in the laboring population in a major city. This part of the history of Britain is related to the US in that this research led to the widespread acceptance of germ theory, which changed the importance of hygeine and sanitation in US society.

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