Penicillin Flashcards
Who first discovered penicillin
Joseph lister (who also found carbolic acid ) in the 1870s
However in,h used it to treat a nurse as a one off
How did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin
Fleming left out Petri dishes while on holiday and mould grew killing the bacteria
Used it to kill bacteria in mice but couldn’t get it to work on humans
No one listened to his ideas as he didn’t have enough evidence
Who used Flemings work to mass produce penicillin
Florey and chain
What did Florey and chain do
Heard of Flemings work in 1938
Tried it on a policeman with septasemia on his lip
Penicillin started to work however there wasn’t a full course and he died
Government gave them £25 grant to help research
Famous by ww1 and opened factories and gave out interest free loans to companies willing to make penicillin
Why did the government stop funding Florey and chain
Needed money for ww2 however the us started to fund them
How many doses of penicillin used on d day
2.3 million
What happened to penicillin after ww2
Used more routinely and seen as a holy grail as it could cure diseases that were potentially fatal before
