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Penicillin Over The Years
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Duchesne Discovers Penicillin
Ernest Duchesne is the first person to discover Penicillium mold and its capabilities. -
Fleming Discovers Penicillin
32 years after DUchesne discovers pencillin, Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin and its antibacterial properties. Today, Fleming is credited for first discovering penicillin. -
Fleming Publishes Penicillin
Fleming wrote original documents about penicillin. He wrote about his findings and the results of his investigation. He published his papers, but the public seemed to have no scientific interest. -
Fleming Gives Up
Fleming gave up on penicillin and went on to do other work. -
Florey and Chain Work On Penicillin
Howard Florey and Ernest Chain began to work furthur on penicillin, working to develop it as a medicine and mass-produce it. -
Moyer Optimizes Production
Moyer had successfully come up with a method to increase the yields of penicillin by 10 times. -
Florey and Chain's Success
Florey, Chain, and the British scientists that worked at Oxford headed to the United States with a small package of penicillin to begin to work. Great efforts were made and together they produced a stable, brown powder, as well as invent a mass-production method. -
Moyer Proves Penicillin
During his required clinical trials, Moyer proved penicillin to be the most effective antibiotic to date. -
Fleming and Florey Knighted
Sir Alexander Fleming and Sir Howard Walter Florey were knighted on this day. -
1945 Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine
The 1945 Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Sir Alexander Fleming, Sir Howard Walter Florey, and Ernest Boris Chain. -
Moyer's Granted A Patent
Moyer was granted a patent for a method of the production of penicillin. -
Penicillin Resistant Bacteria Begins
The first form of penicillin resistant bateria exists, Staphylococcus aureus.
