title: Alexander Fleming: Discoverer of Penicillin (Book Report Biographies)
author:  Ted Gottfried 
description: Grade 6-8?Gottfried examines Fleming's personal and professional life, from his birth in Scotland in 1881 through his work as a scientist and doctor during the early 20th century to his death in 1955. Fleming's earliest discoveries fell on deaf ears, and only his persistence kept him going. Working with World War I patients, Fleming was able to see up-close the effects of germs and how one might be able to avoid the deaths resulting from infections. Words in the glossary are highlighted in bold in the text. The format is open, and black-and-white photos break up the text throughout. The easy reading and simple explanations of the medical procedures being developed and practiced make this a good choice for readers looking for a short biography of an interesting scientist.?Allison Trent Bernstein, Blake Middle School, Medfield, <br />Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  ## THE INVISIBLE VICTORY
  
  
    
  
  
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  ## Richard Gordon
  
  
  
  
  
  ## THE INVISIBLE VICTORY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## First Published in 1977
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Author's Note
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Who discovered penicillin? Fleming or Florey? Would either have seen its
  possibilities, had not the sulpha drugs come from Nazi Germany? And who was
  the sulpha drugs' begetter? Gerhard Domagk, awarded the Nobel Prize? Or an
  unknown German professor, at the same time on trial for his life at Nьrnberg
  for complicity with Hitler's SS?
  
  
  My research in London, Oxford and Wuppertal gave fresh knowledge about the
  discoverers of these drugs, which have benefited almost everyone alive today.
  This is a novel, but its historical and medical facts stay close to the truth.
  The scientists Colebrook, Wright, Hopkins, Freeman, Raistrick and Hцrlein all
  lived. Chain, Fletcher and Heatley happily still do.
  
  
  A note about microbes. The sulpha drugs and penicillin kill the dangerous germ
  _streptococcus_