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Medicine's accidental hero.
- Source :
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U.S. News & World Report . 08/17/98-08/24/98, Vol. 125 Issue 7, p58. 4p. 2 Color Photographs, 6 Black and White Photographs. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Focuses on the myth surrounding the discovery of penicillin. The research of Alexander Fleming; the role of Howard Florey and Ernst Chain in delivering the antibiotic to humanity; Fleming's presentation of penicillin as a possible antiseptic in a 1929 research paper; How the myth of Fleming being a medical crusader was founded; The 1945 Nobel medicine prize given to Fleming, Florey, and Chain. INSET: Milestones, by Shannon Brownlee.
- Subjects :
- *PENICILLIN
*BIOCHEMISTS
*HISTORY
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00415537
- Volume :
- 125
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- U.S. News & World Report
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 942857