Penicillin - Fluke invention saves millions of lives

The incidental discovery of penicillin, it's impact on medicine and the millions of lives saved by it's discovery stand in shrill contrast to the vast effort which has to be taken nowadays to make significant leaps in this particular field of knowledge.

A cure for cancer or a vaccine for AIDS is highly unlikely to be found in a kitchen sink filled with the remains of several lab tests as it was in the way penecillin was discovered.

Therefor it's discovery shows that sometimes a single event and a single man's actions can vastly chance the world and the lives of so many, both human and animal alike for the benefit of us all.

Submitted by: Bruce Jongejans