September 15th...The Discovery of Penicillin

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 134. This time we examine the year 1928 as Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://explorable.com/ancient-medicine

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/biographical/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Almroth-Edward-Wright

https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/alexander-fleming

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520913/

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1945/fleming/biographical/

https://oxsci.org/how-the-discovery-of-penicillin-has-influenced-modern-medicine/

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1556_article

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/flemingpenicillin.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/penicillin-discovered

https://www.penicillinnhdproject.com/discovery.html

https://thediscoveryofpenicillin2013.weebly.com/the-discovery.html

https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/westminster-alumni-pink-floyd-unveil-heritage-plaque-at-regent-campus

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Photo: 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Synthetic_Production_of_Penicillin_TR1468.jpg