Fascinating facts about Alexander
Fleming inventor of
Penicillin
in 1928. |
Alexander Fleming |
AT A GLANCE:
Penicillin was
discovered by chance, in 1928, after Alexander Fleming accidentally left a
dish of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered for a few days. He returned to
find the dish dotted with bacterial growth, apart from one area where a
patch of mold (Penicillin notatum) was growing. The mold produced a
substance, named penicillin by Fleming, which inhibited bacterial growth
and was later found to be effective against a wide range of harmful
bacteria. |
THE STORY
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Inventor: |
Alexander
Fleming (Sir) |
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Career: |
author,
biologist and pharmacologist. |
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Birth: |
August
6,1881 in East Ayrshire, Scotland |
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Death: |
March 11,
1955 in London, England |
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Nationality: |
Scottish |
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Invention: |
Penicillin |
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Function: |
noun / pen·i·cil·lin / named by Alexander Fleming |
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Definition: |
Any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotic drugs
obtained from penicillium molds or produced synthetically, most
active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of
various infections and diseases. |
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Milestones:
CAPS: Fleming, Alexander Fleming, Ernst Chain, Howard Florey; Norman
Heatley;
ARY, penicillin, antibiotic drug, mold, healthcare,
SIP, history, biography, inventor, invention. |
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The Story:
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TO
LEARN MORE
RELATED INFORMATION:
Invention of Penicillin from The Great Idea Finder
Nobel Prize
Inventors
from The Great Idea Finder
ON THE WEB:
Scotsman Heritage
Alexander Fleming: discoverer of 'miracle drug' penicillin
(URL: heritage.scotsman.com/timelines.cfm?cid=1&id=40852005)
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"Without Fleming, no Chain or Florey; without Chain, no
Florey; without Florey, no Heatley; without Heatley, no penicillin."
- Sir Henry Harris said in 1998
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November 16, 2006. |
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