By this point, the United States had entered World War II as well. Penicillin's benefits was now known, and the government pushed industry into producing penicillin, recruiting more than 21 ...

He first colorfully dubbed the substance “mold juice,” later changing it to “penicillin ... and a strange accident, brought penicillin to the world. In fact, to unlock mold’s true ...

Sir Alexander Fleming had served in the Royal Army Medical Corps with the rank of Captain during World War One and was mentioned in dispatches for his services there. Penicillin transformed the ...

The medicinal potential of penicillin was accidentally discovered ... Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the museums and members of the public.

Last week I mentioned ‘random acts of kindness’ and how they can affect lives for good. The story above in almost certainly not true but illustrates acts of kindness and their possible results. ‘Let ...

This unassuming object made it possible for the first clinical trials of penicillin to take place. Most people contact the names of Florey and Chain with the story of penicillin, but their team ...

My sister and father were allergic to penicillin, so I wonder if this tendency is inherited. Supposedly, research shows a change of mind with penicillin allergies, and a past rash is no longer an ...

The medicinal potential of penicillin was accidentally discovered by the Scottish scientist Alexander Flemming in 1928The chemical structure of penicillin was worked out using X-ray ...