Penicillin, accidentally invented in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming, has helped many people overcome infections. Many people considered Fleming as a careless lab tech, but his carelessness led to the discovery of the first antibiotic medicine. He was experimenting with the influenza virus and left it alone for two-weeks. When he returned he found that the petri dish it was in was contaminated by staphylococcus. Fleming noticed that the bacteria was fluffy and white. It grew very quickly and started to have spores on it. After many examinations and experiments penicillin was published. During 1942, the first person was treated for streptococcal septicemia with penicillin and lived. When everyone realised it worked they decided to use it in World
