Breakthrough
Subtitle: the true story of penicillin
By: Francine Jacobs ; illustrated with photographs.
Publisher: Dodd, Mead
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Penicillin -- History -- Juvenile literature; Penicillin -- History
Description: 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.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 123-124.
Includes index.