(The discovery of penicillin) was a triumph of accident, a fortunate occurrence which happened while I was working on a purely academic bacteriological problem. — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
It is not difficult to make microbes resistant to penicillin in the laboratory by exposing them to concentrations not sufficient to kill them, and the same thing has occasionally happened in the body. The time may come when penicillin can… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
The unprepared mind cannot see the outstretched hand of opportunity. — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
(The discovery of penicillin) was a triumph of accident, a fortunate occurrence which happened while I was working on a purely academic bacteriological problem. — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life. — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
I play with microbes. There are, of course, many rules to this play...but when you have acquired knowledge and experience it is very pleasant… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team, but the… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of the literature… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple fall; James Watt watched a kettle boil; Roentgen… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
Suggested remedy for the common cold: A good gulp of whiskey at bedtime-it's not very scientific, but it helps. — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
It has been demonstrated that a species of penicillium produces in culture a very powerful antibacterial substance which affects different bacteria in different degrees.… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
