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Breakthrough

Francine Jacobs

1985128 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1985
first published
  • 1985Dodd, Mead · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9780396085799
  • 2004Backinprint.com · 130 pages · ENGISBN 9780595328499

Describes the history of penicillin from the discovery of the mold by Fleming through the years of work by such scientists as Chain, Heatley, Florey, and Sheehan who purified, tested, synthesized, and eventually presented the "miracle" drug to the world.

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Written forMiddle grade

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