Popular Science: In 1928, the discovery of ‘mold juice’ would go on to save 500 million lives

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But not until 1943 would 'Popular Science' finally celebrate the discovery of penicillin.

Although penicillin was discovered on September 28, 1928 by Andrew Fleming, a British physician and professor of bacteriology at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, it took fourteen years for the first civilian patient to receive treatment. Such a long delay to deliver what Popular Science called one of 1943’s top ten “triumphs in medicine” of all time seems unconscionable...

In 1928, the discovery of ‘mold juice’ would go on to save 500 million lives

Many thanks to Marina Galperina, Popular Science Managing Editor.

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