Alexander Fleming was an important scientist because he discovered antibiotics. Before this discovery Greeks and Indians used plants to treat infections. Russians used heated soil to heal infected wounds. Sumerian doctors provided beer soup mixed with turtle shells and snake skins for their patients. All the crazy ideas never compared to the discovery of antibiotics or antibacterial. Antibiotics are medicine that destroys microorganisms. They are many different types of antibiotics, some treat infections caused by bacteria (broad-spectrum antibiotics) and others fight against a limited amount of organisms (narrow spectrum antibiotics). Before antibiotics were discovered people were dying from different illnesses. About 90% of children who had
