Alexander Fleming, a Scottish scientist, worked at St. Mary's Hospital, conducting research on antibacterial substances.
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FLEMING'S ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY
Fleming working in his laboratory in England
Fleming's messy working space at St. Mary's Hospital eventually led
to the miraculous discovery of an extremely beneficial antibiotic in 1928
Fleming researched this mold and found that it also killed pathogens responsible for diseases. Fleming and his fellow scientists tried to purify and concentrate the mold, but were only able to produce unstable samples.
Penicillin mold eradicating bacteria
Fleming's scientific journal article on his findings on
in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology in 1929