Alexander Fleming:

The thoughtless person playing with penicillin treatment is morally responsible for the death of the man who succumbs to infection with the penicillin-resistant organism.

— Alexander Fleming Modern

Discovery of penicillin

Context

Warning about antibiotic resistance

Date / Period

1945

Source

https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/fleming-lecture.pdf

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

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