The Discovery of Penicillin by Alexander Fleming
In short: The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming and its subsequent industrial scaling during World II revolutionized the treatment of bacterial infections.
A 2:07 short film in the series “Medicine Breakthroughs”.
Sources used in this film: Johns Hopkins University Press, “Pneumonia Before Antibiotics”; National Institutes of Health, “Drugs That Changed Society: History and Current Status of the Early Antibiotics: Salvarsan, Sulfonamides, and β-Lactams”; Nobel Prize, “Alexander Fleming - Nobel Lecture”; Oxford Health, “Penicillin”; Smithsonian Institution, “Petri Dishes and Sterilizer Box used in penicillin research, USDA, Peoria, Illinois”; USDA ARS, “penicillin : USDA ARS”; National Library of Medicine (NLM), “Exhibition - Making “Yellow Magic””; USDA ARS, “Penicillin: Opening the Era of Antibiotics : USDA ARS”; World Health Organization, “SEA-HLM-416-eng.pdf”.
Sources used in this film
- Johns Hopkins University Press — Pneumonia Before Antibiotics · View →
- National Institutes of Health — Drugs That Changed Society: History and Current Status of the Early Antibiotics: Salvarsan, Sulfonamides, and β-Lactams · View →
- Nobel Prize — Alexander Fleming - Nobel Lecture · View →
- Oxford Health — Penicillin · View →
- Smithsonian Institution — Petri Dishes and Sterilizer Box used in penicillin research, USDA, Peoria, Illinois · View →
- USDA ARS — penicillin : USDA ARS · View →
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) — Exhibition - Making “Yellow Magic” · View →
- USDA ARS — Penicillin: Opening the Era of Antibiotics : USDA ARS · View →
- World Health Organization — SEA-HLM-416-eng.pdf · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Johns Hopkins University Press: Pneumonia Before Antibiotics
- Also: National Institutes of Health: Drugs That Changed Society: History and Current Status of the Early Antibiotics: Salvarsan, Sulfonamides, and β-Lactams
- Also: Nobel Prize: Alexander Fleming - Nobel Lecture
- Also: Oxford Health: Penicillin
- Also: Smithsonian Institution: Petri Dishes and Sterilizer Box used in penicillin research, USDA, Peoria, Illinois
- Also: USDA ARS: penicillin : USDA ARS
- Also: National Library of Medicine (NLM): Exhibition - Making “Yellow Magic”
- Also: USDA ARS: Penicillin: Opening the Era of Antibiotics : USDA ARS
- Also: World Health Organization: SEA-HLM-416-eng.pdf
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