1982/01/01 by Ronald Hare · 7 citations
Medicine · #Historical Medical Research and Treatments
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and had just been appointed Professor of Bacteriology in the University of London.He had noticed an unusual phenomenon, absence of fully developed colonies of a common microbe, Staphylococcus aureus, round a large colony of a common mould, Penicillium notatum, on an old culture plate.Research during the following winter showed that this had been due to the production by the mould of a hitherto unknown substance which was unique in that, although harmless to animals, it could kill disease-producing microbes.This naturally suggested its employment for the treatment of the diseases caused by such microbes, but proof of its value for this purpose was not obtained until twelve years later, when a team of workers led by Professor Howard Florey in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in the University of Oxford was successful..2.3Florey and his colleagues were wise enough to publish a definitive account of