Monaco - Discovery of Penicilin

Alexander Flemming was the man who discovered penicillin. He discovered penicillin in the famous "mould in petri dish experiment" in 1928. Fleming realized that the mould in his petri dish was producing a substance that was killing the bacteria, and named it penicillin. To date, penicillin has become the most widely used antibiotic in the world.



A commemorative stamp to honor Flemming was issued by Monaco on September 1, 2003.

Monaco: Discovery of Penicillin (2003)

The full capabilities of penicillin were not officially noticed until 1940 by the two British scientists Baron Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. (see stamp issued by Australia) and Ernst Boris Chain the two men that he shared the Nobel Prize with (in 1945). This brief was taken from an entry about medicine stamps at jcprolla. The entry also published an Australian stamp of Howard Florey issued in year ??.

Another entry on Flemming's discovered penicillin plus a special Guinea's stamp is available - here.

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