The History of Penicillin.

1. PENICILLIN
AJAY KESHAV PANDEY

2. WHAT DOES PENICILLIN DO?
• Penicillin is a medicine used to cure various bacteria such as acute rheumatic fever, syphilis, tonsillitis,
gangrene and gonorrhea.
• Penicillin was also the first drug. The invention of penicillin was like the key to the antibiotic revolution.

3. WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL INVENTOR AND WHEN WAS
IT CREATED?
• Alexander Fleming was credited for the invention of penicillin. Alexander came back during summer
vacation to see that mold was fighting the bacteria. He thought that he could use this to treat bacteria
so he named it and presented it to the science community.
• Penicillin was invented in 1928. This was a major turning point in the field of medicine.
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4. HOW WAS IT ORIGINALLY USED AND HOW IS IT USED
TODAY?
• Penicillin in 1928 was used a medicine that cured a few bacteria that they realized could be treated. As
time went on, scientist saw penicillin could treat more than a few bacteria.
• Penicillin in 2014 is used as a medicine that cures many bacteria. We know much more about penicillin
so we can give people how much they need and know when they need it.

5. WHAT ARE SOME INNOVATIONS THAT THIS PRODUCT
HAS UNDERGONE?
• Penicillin was originally mold in a petri dish. People could not use the medicine until some form of
vaccination or tablet came available to society.
• In 1941, Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain improved penicillin and made the first vaccine for society
to use.

6. WHICH AREAS DOE PENICILLIN FALL UNDER?
• Penicillin falls under the medical category as it shaped the antibiotic revolution which sprouted better
treatments for common human bacteria.
• Penicillin also falls under the category bio-chemistry as bio-chemistry was how the drug was made into
a vaccine and then how it was made into a drug for people’s use.

7. HOW HAS THIS PRODUCT IMPACTED SOCIETY IN A
POSITIVE WAY?
• Penicillin was the start of the antibiotic revolution. This means that penicillin was what lead to the
production of other medicines to fight bacteria. This lead to happier longer lives.
• Penicillin prevented many future epidemics and was even rumored that it saved Winston Churchill’s life.
Penicillin has been a life saver to many.

8. HOW HAS PENICILLIN AFFECTED SOCIETY IN A
NEGATIVE WAY?
• Penicillin, along with many other drugs, can become addictive. People give themselves more than is
prescribed and damage their health. Along with this overdose, there are side effects. Some of Penicillins
side effects are nausea and diarrhea .
• Penicillin is also shunned upon in some cultures. They feel that this medicine is toxic and that letting it
enter your body is like letting toxins into your body.

9. Science Technology Engineering Math
The discovery
of a mold
that cured
bacteria.
A device that
can store
penicillin
A vaccine or
drug that can
store penicillin
How much
penicillin needs to
be in the vaccine
and drug.

10. ”
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One sometimes finds what one is not looking for
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming’s quote explains the basics on how he found penicillin. It
shows how that even stuff that might currently have no meaning can show up
to be important.

11. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/449849/penicillin
• Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution
• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/alexander_fleming.html
• Google Images