executive John Smith, “The mold is as temperamental as an opera singer, the yields are low, the isolation murder, the purification invites disaster.” Nonetheless, by March 15, 1945, supplies of penicillin were not only available to American troops, but to the American public, as war-time restrictions on availability were lifted. References 1941 deaths 1873 births Oxfordshire Constabulary officers People from Oxford Deaths from streptococcus infection Deaths from staphylococcal infection Patient