Alexander Fleming

“In 1928, the Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming was analyzing a fearsome bacteria in his lab,” the dreamseller said.

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“In 1928, the Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming was analyzing a fearsome bacteria in his lab,” the dreamseller said.

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The discovery of penicillin is famously attributed to Alexander Fleming keeping what frankly sounds like an unhygienic lab.

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The museum also celebrates Scottish invention and achievement, not least that of John Logie Baird – the world's oldest surviving colour television is there – and Alexander Fleming.

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Or, in an historical context, Alexander Fleming: "I have to go and pick up my dry cleaning, but first there's the small matter of discovering penicillin."

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Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin was not as haphazard as it may have appeared.

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Penicillin was the special bacterium-killing invention of a fungus, so we had to wait until Alexander Fleming left the laboratory window open in 1928 before we could borrow it as a medicine.

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“In 1928, the Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming was analyzing a fearsome bacteria in his lab,” the dreamseller said.

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Alexander Fleming discovered the bacteria-destroying mold by accident when he left a culture dish uncovered in his lab in 1928.

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I suspect that Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, Alexander Fleming, and Jonas Salk were strangers to you and your forebears, but their lives were highly relevant.

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