2006-08-17 05:08:35 · 10 answers · asked by princess 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Bacterial infections - same as now.
2006-08-17 06:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alexander Fleming expressed initial optimism that penicillin would be a useful disinfectant, being highly potent with minimal toxicity compared to antiseptics of the day, but particularly noted its laboratory value in the isolation of "Bacillus influenzae" (now Haemophilus influenzae).
The first patient to be treated with Penicillin was Anne Miller, who was suffering from Scarlet Fever, which caused a miscarriage and a subsequent streptococcal infection. John Bumstead and Orvan Hess treated her with the drug.
2006-08-17 12:21:00 · answer #2 · answered by sndsouza 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TB was once the world crisis and
penicillin was widely known as the
"Wonder Drug" during 40's.
Sir Alexander Flemming accidentally
discovered the penicillin in late 20's.
Mass production was in U.S.A. in 1944
to cure the troops and the 'Nobel Prize'
was awarded in 1945.
2006-08-17 12:50:11 · answer #3 · answered by Pudin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Penicillin was a turning point in human history — the first real defense against bacterial infection.
Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN) refers to a group of β-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms.
2006-08-17 12:22:11 · answer #4 · answered by Pey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bacterial infections
2006-08-17 12:50:03 · answer #5 · answered by mikeae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
staph infections. It was discovered by accident but that was its first medicinal use.
2006-08-17 12:14:54 · answer #6 · answered by LisaT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was intended to be a disinfectant.
2006-08-17 12:14:41 · answer #7 · answered by M☆mma 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
PENICILLIN WAS ALWAYS AN ANTIBIOTIC.
2006-08-18 04:17:11 · answer #8 · answered by einsteinliam2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
STD's
2006-08-17 12:17:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i think its found in mold but idk what it was originally intendted to treat. sorry.
2006-08-17 12:13:35 · answer #10 · answered by um yea hi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋