Penicillin: A Medical Revolution

Penicillin: A Medical Revolution

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2018-06-26

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Runtime: 53 minutes

In the summer of 1928, the Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident, but it would take two more decades and a world war before he and others succeeded in producing the antibiotic in such large quantities as to eradicate the epidemics of the time: typhus, syphilis, gangrene and tuberculosis.

Featured Crew

Christian Berg

Producer

Wilfried Hauke

Director