FLEMING FINDS THE FIRST ANTIBIOTIC
Sometimes, the most amazing advances are made by accident. That’s exactly what happened to scientist Alexander Fleming
Until the mid-20th century, certaindiseases – ones that today can be treated with a short course of antibiotics – were often a death sentence. Doctor Alexander Fleming had seen that first hand: as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I, he had watched on, helpless, as countless men succumbed to infected wounds and sepsis.