The most famous accident in the history of medicine happened because a man did not tidy his laboratory before going on holiday. In the late summer of 1928, Alexander Fleming left a stack of Petri ...

A story about Winston Churchill and Alexander Fleming is being widely circulated on social media platforms (here, here, here, here, and here). According to this story, a young Winston Churchill was ...

While most people credit Alexander Fleming for the discovery of antibiotics, ancient texts suggest that he likely wasn’t the first to leverage bacteria as medicine. Long before Alexander Fleming’s ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In September 1928, British ...

LONDON -- A medallion containing some of the original mold involved in the discovery of penicillin is expected to fetch up to $50,000 when it goes up for auction later this month. The medallion was ...