1928 CE

Science & Discovery

Fleming Discovers Penicillin

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Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases". This was the first antibiotic substance discovered.

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Sir Alexander Fleming.Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive - Cultural Foundation of the National Bank Of GreeceCC BY 4.0Europeana
Sir Alexander Fleming.Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive - Cultural Foundation of the National Bank Of GreeceCC BY 4.0Europeana
Sir Alexander Fleming.Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive - Cultural Foundation of the National Bank Of GreeceCC BY 4.0Europeana

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