penicillin

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In 1928 Alexander Fleming found that mold in a Petri dish had inhibited bacterial growth, leading to this antibiotic penicillin $600 J MEDICAL HISTORY 2022-01-18 #8557
(Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Alexander Fleming happened to leave a Petri dish of staphylococci sitting around & found the bacteria had been killed by mold thus leading to the discovery of this antibiotic that has saved millions of lives penicillin $800 DJ HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH DR. OZ 2017-10-02 #7601
In March 1942 Anne Miller, suffering from a streptococcal infection, became the first person saved by this drug penicillin $400 DJ MEDICAL HISTORY 2014-02-28 #6785
In the 1940s Dorothy Hodgkin worked out the structure of this early antibiotic penicillin $1,600 DJ 20th CENTURY CHEMISTRY 2002-01-31 #4014
Anne Miller, the first person whose life was saved by this drug, lived 57 more years, dying in 1999 penicillin FJ MEDICAL HISTORY 2000-01-10 #3536
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