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Guns, not roses – here's the true story of penicillin’s first patient

  • Written by Bill Sullivan, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine
Guns, not roses – here's the true story of penicillin’s first patientPenicillin ushered in the antibiotics revolution, with amazing results during war and peace.Science & Society Picture Library/SSPL via Getty Images

Albert Alexander was dying. World War II was raging, and this police officer of the county of Oxford, England, had developed a severe case of sepsis after a cut on his face became badly infected....

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