My Contribution to the Science

                 My Contribution to the Science

Hey! I'm Alexander Fleming. I will tell you all about my life and discovery.

   I was born in Scotland, on August 6, 1881. My parents Hugh and Grace were farmers. I was one of four children. I also had four half-siblings from my father's first marriage. I had attended the London Moor School, the Darvel School and Kilmarnock Academy before moving to London. I studied medicine and I worked as a bacteriologist, studying wound infections. I discovered that antiseptics which were used at that time, were doing more harm than good. Then I discovered penicillin, by accident. When I returned to my laboratory after a month away, I noticed something. I noticed that a culture of staphylococcus aureus I had left out, had become contaminated with mold, later identified as Penicillium notatium. I decided to investigate further. I found out that it was antibiotic. I didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic or bacteria killer. But that was what I did. On the verge of my discovery a team of scientists led by Florey and Chain isolated and purified penicillin. The antibiotic eventually came into use during the World War II. Florey, Chain and I shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for Medicine. However, our relationship was tainted over who should receive the most credit for penicillin.

                                 written by S.P.

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