Sujet

Medal commemorating the discovery of penicillin, 1945. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Medal commemorating the discovery of penicillin. Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) discovered penicillin in 1928. In 1945 he shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine with Howard Florey (1898-1968) and Ernst Chain (1906-1979), who had perfected a method of producing the volatile drug, now known to the world as antibiotics. Reverse of a medal celebrating the award of the prize.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1945

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19B65_480

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,1Mo) / 36,1cm x 34,7cm / 4260 x 4099 (300dpi)

Mots clés

médecine découverte la science couleur couleur commémoration siècle commémoratif microscope concept médaille médailles antibiotique 20e siècle Prix Nobel Oxford Science Archive Alexander object Unknown Ernst Howard Fleming Alexander Fleming Howard Florey Florey Howard Walter Florey Ernst Chain Chain Sir Ernst Chain Ernst Boris Chain object