apr 8, 1941 - First Patient treated with Penacillin
Description:
- First patient treated with penicillin- Heatley grows penicillin in a bed pan
- Florey and Heatley go to U.S.A.
- In Peoria, Illinois, a moldy cantaloupe yields the more effective penicillium chrysogenum
- a new fermentation technique leads to mass production
- Penicillin costs $200 per million units,
Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 8, 1941
Now
~ 85 years ago