Results for "antibiotic history"
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The Eight Mice That Proved Mold Could Cure
In May 1940, Howard Florey and Ernst Chain used eight mice to prove penicillin worked inside a livi…
The pH Trick That Bottled Penicillin
In 1940, Norman Heatley used a simple pH trick and a glass funnel to purify fragile penicillin, sav…
The Dirt That Cured Tuberculosis
How a Rutgers professor turned to dirt instead of test tubes to cure tuberculosis, discovering stre…