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Should we think of Fleming as a hero? IntroductionPenicillin has been such an important discovery because it has saved so many lives
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Should we think of Fleming as a hero? Introduction Penicillin has been such an important discovery because it has saved so many lives from what we think as not really major injuries, i.e. an infected wound in the lower leg. It has led the way into discovering other penicillin moulds and curing people, when the effects of penicillin was first used doctors were amazed at its effect. Alexander Fleming has always taken the credit for the discovery of penicillin. In this essay I am going to examine the importance of Fleming's role in the discovery of penicillin, I will do this by looking at evidence proving that Alexander Fleming played an important role in the development of penicillin. The Discovery Chance played a very big role in Fleming's discovery of penicillin, because the mould that got onto the experiment dish flew in through the open window, when Fleming found the dish with the penicillin mould...
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