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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND antibiotic: medication that destroys bacteria. colonialism: policy by which a country rules over other people for its own benefit. insecticide: chemical that kills insects. therapeutic: designed or used for treating illness.

ABOVE: Medicine was tested to its limits during World War II. Here, First Lieutenant Phyllis Hocking of the U.S. Army adjusts a glucose bag for a soldier in the Philippines on December 24, 1944, in a church that doubled as a hospital. A congregation kneels around them for Christmas Eve services.

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HEALTH AND MEDICINE