Penicillin was a accidental discovery, like many others, that helped a lot with medical needs. Penicillin is a non-bacteria spore that is used as a medical drug. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming and was later more developed and studied more by other scientist. Penicillin has a lot of history throughout time by being used as a drug to help in hospitals in many countries and help save many people's lives during world war two and D-day.
Penicillin was discovered by a bacteriologist named Alexander Fleming on September of 1928 when he was going on vacation, but he left a mess of dishes in his laboratory. When he came back his dishes were covered in mold and wanted to examine them. The mold on the dishes had a lot of bacteria but there was ring around the mold which was spore that was bacteria free known as penicillin. From there penicillin grew to be used as a antibiotic and saved many lives. …show more content…
In the war with Germany the British were low on supplies and could not produce enough penicillin for the clinics and troops so they asked America for help. The U.S. brought enough penicillin to produce and grow more. On 1941 Andrew J. Moyer helped increased the amount of penicillin made by 10 times it used to. The prices for penicillin went down from $20 per dose in 1943 to $0.55 per dose in 1946. Two members of the British group were given the Nobel Prize, and Dr. Andrew J. Moyer was inducted to the Inventors Hall of Fame and both the British and Peoria Laboratories were given the International Historic Chemical
Penicillin was discovered by a bacteriologist named Alexander Fleming on September of 1928 when he was going on vacation, but he left a mess of dishes in his laboratory. When he came back his dishes were covered in mold and wanted to examine them. The mold on the dishes had a lot of bacteria but there was ring around the mold which was spore that was bacteria free known as penicillin. From there penicillin grew to be used as a antibiotic and saved many lives. …show more content…
In the war with Germany the British were low on supplies and could not produce enough penicillin for the clinics and troops so they asked America for help. The U.S. brought enough penicillin to produce and grow more. On 1941 Andrew J. Moyer helped increased the amount of penicillin made by 10 times it used to. The prices for penicillin went down from $20 per dose in 1943 to $0.55 per dose in 1946. Two members of the British group were given the Nobel Prize, and Dr. Andrew J. Moyer was inducted to the Inventors Hall of Fame and both the British and Peoria Laboratories were given the International Historic Chemical