-Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Flemming (shown to the left) at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School.
-The discovery was made by accident in the course of his research on influenza.
-He noticed that a contaminant fungus (discovered to be the penicillum mold) had killed a culture of bacteria and this led to the synthesis of the penicillin antibiotic.
-Alexander Flemming would later go on to share his Nobel Prize with co-discoverers Sir Howard Walter and Earnst Borris Chain for their contributions to medical science. |
