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In 1928 Alexander Fleming found that mold in a Petri dish had inhibited bacterial growth, leading to this antibiotic |
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J |
MEDICAL HISTORY |
2022-01-18 |
#8557 |
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(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 |
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DJ |
HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH DR. OZ |
2017-10-02 |
#7601 |
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In March 1942 Anne Miller, suffering from a streptococcal infection, became the first person saved by this drug |
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MEDICAL HISTORY |
2014-02-28 |
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In the 1940s Dorothy Hodgkin worked out the structure of this early antibiotic |
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20th CENTURY CHEMISTRY |
2002-01-31 |
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Anne Miller, the first person whose life was saved by this drug, lived 57 more years, dying in 1999 |
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MEDICAL HISTORY |
2000-01-10 |
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