Events That Led To The Discovery Of Penicillin

Events that Led to the Discovery and Development of Penicillin The discovery and development of penicillin ended up saving hundreds of thousands of lives. The discovery of penicillin was actually an accident made in a laboratory. The quantity of penicillin was very low until other scientists got involved. Later development also effected the production of penicillin even doubling the sales. The history of events is a mixture of factual and some false facts which mislead many people.

It turns out the discovery of penicillin was a complete accident. Scientist Alexander Fleming went on a month long vacation and left a big mess in his lab. He came back and on one of the dishes he left had mold but around the mold was a ring that was bacteria

The other scientists were Norman Heatley and Howard Florey. These scientists came from Oxford University and nearly doubled the sales and production of penicillin. Many British scientists could not produce enough penicillin for trials on people. As it states in the text, “On July 9, 1941, Howard Florey and Norman Heatley, Oxford University Scientists came to the U.S. with a small but valuable package containing a small amount of penicillin to begin work” (123). They started to increase the forth of penicillin and it became a lot cheaper within five years. The two scientists themselves actually produced the largest amount of penicillin. As it states in the text, “Ironically, after a worldwide search, it was a strain of penicillin from a moldy cantaloupe in a Peoria market that was found and improved to produce the largest amount of penicillin” (124). The early development was a big help in the production of

When Andrew Moyer came into play the quantity of penicillin increased by ten times. The people that were in the war against Germany had the recourse of penicillin. As it states in the text “Penicillin production was quickly scaled up and available in quantity to treat Allied soldiers wounded on D-Day” (124). Andrew Moyer’s help also brought down the price s people could actually afford it people say that the price of penicillin in the 40’s was priceless. As it states in the text, “As production was increased, the price dropped from nearly priceless in 1940, to $20 per dose in July 1943, to $0.55 per dose by 1946. That is why the later development really helped put with sales and production of