Although penicillin was discovered on September 28, 1928 by Andrew Fleming , a British physician and professor of bacteriology at St. Marys Hospital in London, it took fourteen years for the first civilian patient to receive treatment.

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Although penicillin was discovered on September 28, 1928 by Andrew Fleming , a British physician and professor of bacteriology at St. Marys Hospital in London, it took fourteen years for the first civilian patient to receive treatment.