article_snippet: Microbiologist Dr Freya Harrison, also of the University of Nottingham, said: 'Microbiologist Dr Freya Harrison, also of the University of Nottingham thought Bald's eyesalve might show a small amount of antibiotic activity because each of the ingredients has been shown by other researchers to have some effect on bacteria in the lab.
article_snippet: But unlike many modern antibiotics, Bald's eye salve has the power to breach these defences.'
highlights_snippet: Bald's eyesalve is a 10th century brew used by Anglo Saxons to treat styes .
  
highlights_snippet: Scientists found Bald's eyesalve killed 90% of bacteria on scraps of MRSA-infected skin .
  