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Alexander Fleming

Latest 14 February 2019

On this day, in 1929 Sir Alexander Fleming discovers Penicilin

Sir Alexander Fleming was a young bacteriologist when an accidental discovery led to one of the great developments of modern medicine on this day in 1929. Having left a plate…