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Penicillin


1962 Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds

1955 Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73

1941 Florey and Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures, Penicillin

1941 Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin

1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

1910 Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist, penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964

1908 Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist, penicillin, Nobel 1945

1898 Howard W. Florey, Australia, pathologist; purified penicillin, Nobel '45

1881 Alexander Fleming, born in England, bacteriologist, penicillin; Nobel 1954


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