FIGHTING DISEASE IN THE 1900s

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BGS History GCSE Revision Tests
Fighting Disease inthe 20th CenturyPENICILLIN
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1) Who made the initial discovery of penicillin?

• ALEXANDER FLEMING

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2) How did CHANCE help him make his discovery?

• By chance he had not washed up some
• dishes he had been experimenting on

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3) What did he notice about the mould growing in
his dishes?

• The mould killed all the germs around it (the
  mould was called penicillin)

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4) What were the limitations of his work with
penicillin?

• He did not make penicillin into a pure drug

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5) Which two men developed his ideas further,
and what did they succeed in doing?

• HOWARD FLOREY
• ERNST CHAIN
• They made it into a
• pure drug which worked
• successfully on humans!

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6) What happened in 1939 which made it much more
important to produce a pure form of penicillin?

• 1939 start of Second World War

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7) What did they not have enough money to do?

• Florey Chain could not afford to mass produce
  the drug

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8) Why were British factories not able to develop
penicillin?

• They were too busy making bombs and guns to keep
  the British army going

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9) Where was penicillin made instead?

• USA!

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10) What had happened by 1944?

• Enough penicillin was being made to supply
• all the Allied forces!