Alexander Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist who accidentally discovered penicillin in 1928. While studying staphylococci bacteria cultures in his London laboratory, he noticed a mold that had contaminated one of the plates was killing the deadly bacteria around it. This led to his discovery of penicillin, now considered one of the greatest medical discoveries of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize in 1945 for his work developing penicillin as an antibiotic treatment. Mary Mallon was an Irish immigrant cook who spread typhoid fever through the households she worked for in the early 1900s, infecting over 50 people and killing one. Authorities eventually identified her as the cause and kept her isolated on an island for over two decades to prevent further