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Howard Florey, Alexander Fleming and the fairy tale of penicillin
Ivo D Vellar,
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Ivo D Vellar
Professor of Surgery, and Chairman of the Archives Department
University of Melbourne Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
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Thomas B Hugh
General and Gastrointestinal Surgeon
St Vincent's Clinic, Sydney, NSW.
Search for more papers by this author Peter D Goldsworthy MB BS,
Peter D Goldsworthy MB BS
General Practitioner and Author
Private practice, Adelaide, SA.
Search for more papers by this author Alexander C McFarlane MD, Dip Psychother, FRANZCP,
Alexander C McFarlane MD, Dip Psychother, FRANZCP
Head of Department
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, SA.
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Ivo D Vellar,
Corresponding Author
Ivo D Vellar
Professor of Surgery, and Chairman of the Archives Department
University of Melbourne Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
Correspondence:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Thomas B Hugh,
Thomas B Hugh
General and Gastrointestinal Surgeon
St Vincent's Clinic, Sydney, NSW.
Search for more papers by this author Peter D Goldsworthy MB BS,
Peter D Goldsworthy MB BS
General Practitioner and Author
Private practice, Adelaide, SA.
Search for more papers by this author Alexander C McFarlane MD, Dip Psychother, FRANZCP,
Alexander C McFarlane MD, Dip Psychother, FRANZCP
Head of Department
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, SA.
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First published: 01 July 2002
No abstract is available for this article.
References
- 1Goldsworthy PD, McFarlane AC. Howard Florey, Alexander Fleming and the fairy tale of penicillin. Med J Aust 2002; 176: 176–178. 11913920.
- 2Wainwright M. Miracle cure. The story of antibiotics. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1990.
- 3Macfarlane G. Alexander Fleming. The man and the myth. London: Chatto and Windus, 1984.