The Accidental Discovery of Penicillin Explained Through a Meme
This meme uses a popular reaction image featuring Joey Tribbiani from the television show Friends to illustrate the historical discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming. The top panel shows a standard petri dish filled with bacteria, while the bottom panel highlights a dish with a clear zone where the bacteria failed to grow. This visual representation captures the moment Fleming observed the antibacterial properties of the Penicillium mold, a serendipitous event that revolutionized modern medicine and led to the development of life-saving antibiotics.
Yeah he knew he jad it... he knew what it could do... but he couldnt get it out. Its like you have the holy grail but cant use it.
A real meme... in this economy??
I would not have survived childhood without his discovery, sorry guys :P
I see Alexander Fleming and I upvote.
and then, becaise it was not profitable, the pharma industries stopped checking for new ones like... 50 years ago?
Alexander Flemming discovered phlegm
A lot of especially medical breakthroughs have required their inventors to put themselves in grave dangers. Meanwhile Sir Alexander Fleming:
Antibiotics be like...
Modern meds be like:
Something like half us here are alive because of this.