Penicillin

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Did you know Penicillin was an accident? At Saint Mary's Hospital in 1928, Alexander Fleming, a young physician was about to throw out a unusual finding on his culture plate he was experimenting on. A mold was growing on the edge of the plate. Alexander noticed an usual thing was coming from the mold that was actually destroying the disease causing bacteria. That mold was then identified at Penicillin.

- Penicillin became the first effective antibiotic. - //"When it was finally recognized for what it was it was the most efficacious life-saving drug in the world"// - Alexander Fleming. - Penicillin is still used today to treat a number of what are now common diseases. - Many people are actually allergic to Penicillin. - We take Penicillin for granted now a days. - //"The discovery of Penicillin has often been described as a miracle drug, and that is exactly what is was."// //-// Penicillin is commonly used for strep throat.

Alexander Flemming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955)
- Scottish bioligist - 3rd of four children - Fleming went to Loudoun Moor School and Darvel School

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