Alexander Fleming

6 August 1881 11 March 1955

Biologist, pharmacologist and botanist
Enrolled at St Mary's Hospital Medical

School in Paddington at age 20

Served throughout World War I as a

captain in the Royal Army Medical

Corps

After WW I, Fleming actively

searched for anti-bacterial agents

Antiseptics killed the patients'

immunological defences more

effectively than they killed bacteria
In 1921, Fleming discovered

"lysozyme", an enzyme that had an

antibacterial effect.

Accidental discovery of penicilin

(more on that in a moment)

Married 2 times (the second time at

the age of 71...)

Recieved numerous awards for his

invention:
Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945.
Knighted, as a Knight Bachelor, by

king George VI in 1944

He was made a Knight Grand Cross
of the Order of Alfonso X the Wise in
1948.
Several Alex Fleming campuses

Streets, schools, squares and

asteroids have been named after

him
His face is on the 5 notes made by

the Clydesdale Bank

The story of the penicilin

September 28th 1928.
Staphylococcus Petri dish
Blue mold - penicilin

What is it used for?

Group of antibiotics
Killing bacteria which cause illness
Injections and pills

Medical contribution
"When I woke up just after dawn on

September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to

revolutionise all medicine by discovering the
world's first antibiotic, or bacteria killer, but I
suppose that was exactly what I did.
Cholera, tetanus,

salmonela, E coli...

The End
Nedad Zahirovi
Mirza Delibai
April 2015.