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The first patient treated with penicillin
Dr Eric Sidebottom recounts the story of Albert Alexander, a 43-year-old policeman who was the first patient to be given penicillin in 1941.
(Photo: In a petri dish the original growth of pencillium from which the antibacterial agent, penicillin was obtained. Credit: Douglas Miller/Keystone Features/Getty Images)
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