The History of Penicillin by Stephanie Cowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin As part of the Futurelearn course: INNOVATION: THE WORLD'S GREATEST by the University of Leeds en-us 2017-01-17 11:45:04 UTC 2017-03-15 11:05:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png 1877 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505181 Louis Pasteur discovers bacteria]]> 2017-01-17 12:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505181 1922 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505255 Alexander Fleming discovers lysozyme while looking for wound antiseptics.]]> 2017-01-17 12:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505255 1928 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505335 Mould contaminates a plate of staphylococcus bacteria. "I was sufficiently interested to pursue the subject."]]> 2017-01-17 12:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505335 1929 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505393 Alexander Fleming publishes his paper on penicillin.]]> 2017-01-17 12:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505393 1930 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505542 Infections continue to kill. 38/1000 babies born in New York City die of Erysipelas (Streptococcal skin infection.)]]> 2017-01-17 12:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505542 1935 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505619 Sulfa drug introduced, but not effective.]]> 2017-01-17 12:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505619 1939 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505709 England enters WW II]]> 2017-01-17 12:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505709 1940 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505852 Penicillin tested on mice]]> 2017-01-17 12:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505852 1941 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505942
  • 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 chrysogenium
  • a new fermentation technique leads to mass production
  • Penicillin costs $200 per million units, 
    • ]]>     2017-01-17 12:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147505942     1942 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147506322 12 million units produced for $6 per million units]]> 2017-01-17 12:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147506322 1945 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147506547
  • 6 trillion units produced
  • Fleming, Florey, and Chain share nobel prize
    • ]]>     2017-01-17 12:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147506547     1988 stephcowper https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147506973 Mortality from erysipelas 0.001/1000 births in NYC]]> 2017-01-17 12:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/stephcowper/historyofpenicillin/wish/147506973