Penicillin: A Medical Revolution (2018)
Overview
In the summer of 1928, the Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident, but it would take two more decades and a world war before he and others succeeded in producing the antibiotic in such large quantities as to eradicate the epidemics of the time: typhus, syphilis, gangrene and tuberculosis.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 0.342 |
Directed By
Wilfried Hauke
Crew
Jan Gebhardt
Katrin Timpner
Kati Ostermann
Katrin Timpner
George Kochbeck
Ralf Gemmecke
Christian Berg
Wilfried Hauke
Stephan Haase
Katharina Krohmann
Moritz Pappert
Wilfried Hauke
Hinnerk Jensen
Niko Günther
TOP CAST
Stephan Schad
Self - Narrator (voice)
Imanuel Humm
Alexander Flemming
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