Getty Images
Doctor writing a prescription Medicine on Clipboard with Digital Tablet
Doctor writing a prescription Medicine on Clipboard with Digital Tablet in Hospital
Getty Images
Pills 01 On Table Loop Rotating
Scattered pills on a table with looping, rotating camera.
Hearst Metrotone News
A montage shows liquid penicillin filling bottles, bottles being capped,and other processes in the preparation of usable penicillin.
A montage shows liquid penicillin filling bottles, bottles being capped,and other processes in the preparation of usable penicillin.
Bridgeman Arts
Penicillin and the Iron Lung, 1928
Still of Dr. Alexander Fleming in lab - the iron lung - Geiger counter
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Discovery of Penicillin
This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey tells the story of researcher Sir Alexander Fleming, whose luck and scientific reasoning led to the groundbreaking discovery of penicillin. [4:45]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Producing Penicillin
In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, follow two scientists and their Nobel Prize-winning efforts to cure bacterial infections using penicillin. [4:54]
Cells Alive
How Penicillin Kills Bacteria
Photographs, a short QuickTime movie and accompanying text explain how penicillin kills bacteria. Try out the links to other sites about penicillin and antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Bread Mold Kills Bacteria
Video lecture explains how the penicillin in bread mold kills bacteria. [3:03]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Penicillin Acting on Bacteria
The role of penicillin in the body. [0:33]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bread Mold Kills Bacteria
This video shows how penicillin in bread mold kills bacteria. [3:02]