1980/05/16 by R. B. Woodward · 3 citations
Medicine · Arts and Humanities · #Historical Medical Research and Treatments #Medical History and Innovations
paper · doi:10.1098/rstb.1980.0042
openalex publication_date 1980/05/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract The discovery of the penicillins, as exemplified by penicillin G (1) - one of the earliest known members of the class - and of the cephalosporins, of which the first to be isolated was cephalosporin C (2), laid the basis for one of the most spectacular chapters in the history of medicine.