Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 while studying bacteria. He noticed that a mold was inhibiting the growth of bacteria, leading him to realize penicillin's potential as an antibiotic. Penicillin was originally used to treat a few bacterial infections but is now used for many more due to further research. It has undergone innovations like being developed into vaccines and tablets to treat infections and revolutionized medicine.

1. PENICILLIN

2.  Penicillin is a medicine used to cure various bacteria such as
acute rheumatic fever, syphilis, tonsillitis, gangrene and
gonorrhea.
 Penicillin was also the first drug. The invention of penicillin was like
the key to the antibiotic revolution.
WHAT DOES PENICILLIN DO?

3.  Alexander Fleming was credited for the invention of penicillin.
Alexander came back during summer vacation to see that mold
was fighting the bacteria. He thought that he could use this to
treat bacteria so he named it and presented it to the science
community.
 Penicillin was invented in 1928. This was a major turning point in
the field of medicine.
WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL INVENTOR
AND WHEN WAS IT CREATED?

4.  Penicillin in 1928 was used a medicine that cured a few bacteria
that they realized could be treated. As time went on, scientist
saw penicillin could treat more than a few bacteria.
 Penicillin in 2014 is used as a medicine that cures many bacteria.
We know much more about penicillin so we can give people
how much they need and know when they need it.
HOW WAS IT ORIGINALLY USED AND
HOW IS IT USED TODAY?

5.  Penicillin was originally mold in a petri dish. People could not use
the medicine until some form of vaccination or tablet came
available to society.
 In 1941, Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain improved penicillin
and made the first vaccine for society to use.
WHAT ARE SOME INNOVATIONS THAT
THIS PRODUCT HAS UNDERGONE?

6.  Penicillin falls under the medical category as it shaped the
antibiotic revolution which sprouted better treatments for
common human bacteria.
 Penicillin also falls under the category bio-chemistry as bio-chemistry
was how the drug was made into a vaccine and then
how it was made into a drug for people’s use.
WHICH AREAS DOE PENICILLIN FALL
UNDER?

7.  Penicillin was the start of the antibiotic revolution. This means that
penicillin was what lead to the production of other medicines to
fight bacteria. This lead to happier longer lives.
 Penicillin prevented many future epidemics and was even
rumored that it saved Winston Churchill’s life. Penicillin has been
a life saver to many.
HOW HAS THIS PRODUCT IMPACTED
SOCIETY IN A POSITIVE WAY?

8.  Penicillin, along with many other drugs, can become addictive.
People give themselves more than is prescribed and damage
their health. Along with this overdose, there are side effects.
Some of Penicillins side effects are nausea and diarrhea .
 Penicillin is also shunned upon in some cultures. They feel that this
medicine is toxic and that letting it enter your body is like letting
toxins into your body.
HOW HAS PENICILLIN AFFECTED
SOCIETY IN A NEGATIVE WAY?

9. Science Technology Engineering Math
The discovery of a
mold that cured
bacteria.
A device that can
store penicillin
A vaccine or drug
that can store
penicillin
How much
penicillin needs to
be in the vaccine
and drug.

10. “
”
ONE SOMETIMES FINDS WHAT ONE IS NOT
LOOKING FOR
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming’s quote explains the basics on how he found
penicillin. It shows how that even stuff that might currently have no
meaning can show up to be important.

11.  http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/449849/penicillin
 Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution
 http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/alexander_flemi
ng.html
BIBLIOGRAPHY