Simultaneous discoveries and the medicine of 20th century (Part II) — The case of penicillin and sulphamides
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penicillin, simultaneous discoveries, Fleming, Domagk, Florey and Chain, sulphamidesAbstract
This paper describes the events occurred between 1929 and
1940 that led to the discoveries of penicillin and sulphamides.
The fact that those events contributed to the same end – medical
management of infectious diseases – justifi es the title “simultaneous discoveries”. The Author emphasizes the birth of microbiology, the different conceptual models and methodologies, as well as
the “chances” that contributed to the final results.
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Fleming A. British J Exp Path 1929; 10: 226.
Macfarlane G. Howard Florey. The Making of a Great Scientist. Oxford Univ Press 1979.
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