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Famous Accident
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One of the greatest
pharmaceutical discoveries happened by accident. In his
haste to
go on vacation, Alexander Fleming had left his laboratory in a mess. The
essence of his
ongoing work involved a type of bacteria. An infection caused by the bacteria was often
terminal, and he was looking for a
remedy. He had left the bacteria out while he was away.
When he returned from vacation, he found that his lab was covered in fungus. He started
cleaning up the mess. While he was cleaning, he had an
impulse to examine the fungus. He
saw that whenever the fungus was in close
proximity to the bacteria, the bacteria died.
Though he was a messy scientist, his experiments were
precise. He thought that there
might be some
significance to the fungus. He immediately
commenced an experiment to
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