Penicillin: A Medical Revolution

Overview

In the summer of 1928, the Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident, but it would take two more decades and a world war before he and others succeeded in producing the antibiotic in such large quantities as to eradicate the epidemics of the time: typhus, syphilis, gangrene and tuberculosis.

Details

• Status Released
• Release Date June 26, 2018
• Budget N/A
• Revenue N/A
• Production dmfilm und tv produktion, ZDF, ARTE