Question

Use the excerpt below to answer the question.

Now . . . the 1940s [were] really . . . pivotal year[s] in health care, medical care in America, both from a scientific aspect and from the policy aspect. From the scientific aspect, it was a time of great discovery and great excitement. . . .
This affected our soldiers, who landed at Normandy on D-Day in 1944, the wounds that they suffered, which otherwise may have become infected and caused serious disability or even death were now even amenable to therapy. . . .

—U.S. Representative Michael Burgess’s congressional floor speech, 2007


Which medical development is being described in this excerpt?

A. improved training of field medics

B. increased number of blood transfusions

C. mass production of penicillin's

D. faster transport of injured soldiers

Answer 1

The answer to your question is b

Answer 2

A is the answer. I hope this is right.