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Biography of the discoverer of penicillin.
A biography of the British bacteriologist, born in Scotland, who was knighted and awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering penicillin.
The history of penicillin.
Alexander Fleming's life from boyhood to his death in 1955, including information on his discovery of penicillin and his other scientific contributions.
The story of penicillin has become the story of Alexander Fleming: world opinion has conferred upon him sole credit for what is arguably the single most important medical discovery ever made. Gwyn Macfalane's sensitive analysis of this much-mytholigized area of medical history makes a persuasive case for a major reappraisal of Fleming's role. Macfarlane, the widely acclaimed author of Howard Florey, discusses Fleming's background and personality, this impressive rise in the medical profession, the crucial discoveries of 1928, and the public recognition and adulation of the 1940s. His account is as compelling a study of human behavior as it is a careful examination of scientific discovery.
Alexander Fleming's discovery of the bacteria-fighting properties of penicillium mold paved the way for the development of modern antibiotics. Thanks to his work, common infections that in earlier times meant almost certain death are largely a thing of the past.
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