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Was medicine rationed

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Different types of medicine are always rationed during war time when the supply is low. Soldiers being treated overseas sometimes had to go without pain medication for a longer period of time. Penicillin is one drug that is sometimes in short supply during war times.

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Priority on all medical supplies went to the military, particularly anesthetics, penicillin, and sulfa drugs.

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