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1: Med J Aust. 2002 Feb 18;176(4):176-8. Links

Comment in:: Med J Aust. 2002 Jul 1;177(1):52; author reply 53.

Howard Florey, Alexander Fleming and the fairy tale of penicillin.

Goldsworthy PD, McFarlane AC.

Department of Psychiatry, Adelaide University, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, SA.

The public myth of the discovery of penicillin is an archetypal "quest story" of the type common to every human culture. But the real story of the discovery, testing and refinement of penicillin is a complex tale of accident, serendipity, oversight, conflict, the pressure of war, idiosyncratic personalities and even--the invention of history.

Personal Name as Subject:: Florey H; Fleming A

PMID: 11913920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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