September 15, 2024

[lizzybuffy2008]

15. Penicillin was discovered today in 1928 by Alexander Fleming - have you ever had to take it?

I probably did as a child since I was sick a lot (if someone had it, I caught it.) I mostly remember taking ampicillin though.

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[twelvthdoctor]

I have definitely had to take Penicillin before. Sadly, my great-aunt died at the age of 6 from an ear infection, because it hadn't been discovered yet. My grandma would cry in church a lot thinking about her. I just hate how preventable that ear infection technically could have been, if only she'd never had one until she was an adult, after 1928. Then maybe I could have met her.