Penicillin was invented by the British.
In modern times, the British bacteriologist Fleming first discovered penicillin, the world's first antibiotic, in 1928. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin due to a lucky mistake.
In 1928, British scientist Fleming first discovered penicillin during experimental research. However, because the technology was not advanced enough and the understanding was not deep enough at that time, Fleming did not isolate penicillin alone.
In 1929, Fleming published his research results. Unfortunately, this paper has not been taken seriously by the scientific community since its publication.
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The tortuous application of penicillin
After penicillin was rediscovered, its fate was still very bumpy. Oxford University not only refused to apply for patent protection for penicillin for Qian, but also rejected Qian's request to set up a pilot plant to further explore the conditions for industrial production of penicillin.
Florry and others rushed around, hoping that British pharmaceutical companies could mass-produce this promising new drug. Unfortunately, most pharmaceutical companies ignored it on the pretext of wartime difficulties. Finally, full of exhaustion and remaining hope, they traveled across the ocean and came to the United States.
On this American continent, Flory and Chain were pleasantly surprised to find that as early as when they were studying the structure of penicillin, the United States had already carried out this research on a large scale. There are about 200 chemists participating in the project, some from research institutions and some from factories and enterprises.
The workers in Oxford were in an extremely difficult situation. They only had 2 grams of penicillin in their hands, 1.5g of which was only 50% pure. A research group in the United States, the Merck Group, has several hundred grams of crystalline penicillin. In the United States, Flory and others finally got the help they needed.
At the beginning of the application of penicillin, not only ordinary people expressed doubts about it, but even most medical workers did not believe in its efficacy. It was not until 1944 that the British and American forces landed in Normandy, opened up a second battlefield, and began to fight the German fascists on a large scale. More and more soldiers were injured, and the need for antibacterial drugs became more and more urgent. Penicillin showed great effectiveness in treating the wounded. of great power.
The living facts make medical staff have to look at penicillin with new eyes. More importantly, penicillin's wonderful effect in treating war wounds attracted the attention of military commanders. An army major general said sincerely that penicillin was a milestone in the treatment of war wounds.
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