** \[ up: [[Medicine--History]] – [[Fungi]] ]** --- # Penicillin > “… it was only in 1928 that Alexander Fleming discovered that a mould produced a bacteria-killing chemical called penicillin. Penicillin became the first modern antibiotic and has since saved countless lives.”[^1] [[The discovery of penicillin “arguably helped to shift the balance of power in the Second World War.”]][^2] [^1]: Merlin Sheldrake, *[[Sheldrake. 'Entangled Life', 2021.|Entangled Life]]* (UK: Vintage, 2021), p. 10. [^2]: Merlin Sheldrake, *[[Sheldrake. 'Entangled Life', 2021.|Entangled Life]]* (UK: Vintage, 2021), p. 10.