Penicillin: A Medical Revolution
2018
53 min
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.
Genres
Documentary
History
TV Movie
Production Countries
- Germany
Spoken Languages
- English en
- German de
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Cast
Stephan Schad
Self - Narrator (voice)
Imanuel Humm
Alexander Flemming
Crew
Wilfried Hauke
Writer
Wilfried Hauke
Director
Christian Berg
Producer
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