Why was Alexander Fleming Called a Quack? by Jeffrey Dach MD
Dr. Alexander Fleming was credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928. Prior to being credited, Dr Alexander Fleming was called a quack for suggesting penicillin be used as a medicine. Alexander Fleming wrote, "Penicillin sat on my shelf for 12 years while I was called a quack." quoted by Jeffrey Dach
Obviously Alexander Fleming was not a quack. He had discovered antibiotics, the greatest discovery in modern medicine. Calling Alexander Fleming a quack is similar to calling Luis Pasteur a quack, another medical genius who revolutionized medicine and saved millions of lives. He was obviously was not a quack.
source of quote: The Oncologist, Vol. 7, Suppl 2, 58-65, June 2002 AlphaMed Press Reality Testing in Cancer Treatment: The Phase I Trial of Endostatin David P. Ryan at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston.
In 1999, Time Magazine named Fleming one of the 100 most important people of the century for his discovery " It was a discovery that would change the course of history. The active ingredient in that mould, which Fleming named penicillin, turned out to be an infection-fighting agent of enormous potency. When it was finally recognised for what it was, the most efficacious life-saving drug in the world, penicillin would alter forever the treatment of bacterial infections. "
Why was Alexander Fleming Called a Quack? by Jeffrey Dach MD
Dr. Alexander Fleming was credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928. Prior to being credited, Dr Alexander Fleming was called a quack for suggesting penicillin be used as a medicine. Alexander Fleming wrote, "Penicillin sat on my shelf for 12 years while I was called a quack." quoted by Jeffrey Dach
Obviously Alexander Fleming was not a quack. He had discovered antibiotics, the greatest discovery in modern medicine. Calling Alexander Fleming a quack is similar to calling Luis Pasteur a quack, another medical genius who revolutionized medicine and saved millions of lives. He was obviously was not a quack.
source of quote: The Oncologist, Vol. 7, Suppl 2, 58-65, June 2002 AlphaMed Press Reality Testing in Cancer Treatment: The Phase I Trial of Endostatin David P. Ryan at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston.
http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/cgi/content/full/7/suppl_2/58
In 1999, Time Magazine named Fleming one of the 100 most important people of the century for his discovery " It was a discovery that would change the course of history. The active ingredient in that mould, which Fleming named penicillin, turned out to be an infection-fighting agent of enormous potency. When it was finally recognised for what it was, the most efficacious life-saving drug in the world, penicillin would alter forever the treatment of bacterial infections. "
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