Penicillin
Before the discovery on penicillin, there was no
effective treatment for many infections.
Alexander Fleming, professor of Bacteriology
at St. Mary’s Hospital in London returned from holiday in September 1928 and
noticed that he accidentally left a culture plate of staphylococcus bacteria
(found in boils and sore throats) open, but this wasn’t the most unusual part. Fleming
noticed that mold had fallen on the culture, and where the mold landed, the
bacteria had died. “That’s funny,” thought Fleming.
He began putting “penicillium”,
the type of mold found in the culture, on various bacteria and discovered that
it was killing all of them. While this discovery was accidental, Fleming
introduced his findings and thus penicillin was born.
Where did penicillin go from here?
The following is a link to an interactive timeline about penicillin.
Please take a moment to scroll through it: Raiders of the Penicillin
What does penicillin cure?
Please go to the following link and read “What
does penicillin treat?” Once done, comment with one interesting fact you
learned about penicillin and one condition that is treatable with penicillin.
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