Alexander Fleming originally discovered Penicillin by accident, one of the strongest antibiotics of all time. On September 3rd 1928 when he was cleaning up his lab he discovered a glass plate that was coated with bacteria named staphyloccus but one glass plate had mould on it and it was penicillium notatum and the area around this mould was bacteria free. He also concluded that he could give penicillin in small doses to small animals without any side effects. However after a year Fleming had to move onto different matters and this research was taken up by Florey and Chain.
1941 a doctor working at a hospital wanted to trial the penicillin on a patient that was dying due to an infected wound. The patient made a miraculous recovery however not enough penicillin was given and he died a few weeks later.
In June 1941 travelled to America to try to produce mass amounts of penicillin. During the war this saved many lives and it is estimated that another 12-15% of wounded soldiers would have died without penicillin to fight their infection. 1945 Florey and Chain were awarded nobel prize for medicine.
However there are problems that are starting to arise, such as antibiotic resistance!
1941 a doctor working at a hospital wanted to trial the penicillin on a patient that was dying due to an infected wound. The patient made a miraculous recovery however not enough penicillin was given and he died a few weeks later.
In June 1941 travelled to America to try to produce mass amounts of penicillin. During the war this saved many lives and it is estimated that another 12-15% of wounded soldiers would have died without penicillin to fight their infection. 1945 Florey and Chain were awarded nobel prize for medicine.
However there are problems that are starting to arise, such as antibiotic resistance!