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Penicillin Discovered By Chance!

Did you know that in 1928, bacteriologist Alexander Fleming made a chance discovery from an already discarded, contaminated Petri dish? This lucky discovery is called Penicillin. And it is one of the most widely used antibiotics in the world for treating infection. Encompass HealthCare & Wound Medicine is grateful to Sir Alexander Fleming!

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