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How far can Alexander Fleming be credited with the discovery and introduction of the magic bullet/penicillin
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How far can Alexander Fleming be credited with the discovery and introduction of the magic bullet/penicillin? Penicillin was the world's first antibiotic, which would kill or prevent bacteria growing. Another name for this antibiotic was Salvarsan 606. The credit for the invention of penicillin is debatable. It could be anyone who took part in the discovery. If it weren't for even 1 person who contributed to the discovery in the slightest way, then maybe the invention may have still been unknown today. Its development involved many people, but there were three brilliant individuals: Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey and Ernst Chain. Alexander Fleming was the most well know person for the invention of the magic bullet penicillin, however was not necessarily the only main person who helped with the discovery. He was born in 1881, and was a doctor in the First World War and lived in London, working at St. Mary's hospital....
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