At the rally point, Wade tells Reiben to smell a wounded trooper's leg to find out if it's "south of cheese" which means its a sign of serious infection; at that point it would need to be surgically debrided and antibiotics administered. Given the timeframe and their location, the trooper would likely be looking at amputation or even death. In WWII the supply of penicillin was low, so they often gave soldiers para-aminohippurate (PAH) along with penicillin. PAH competes for the same transporters in the kidney to clear the body, so giving PAH takes up the transporters and lets penicillin circulate longer in the body, thereby prolonging its effects.

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