key individuals for modern medicine

Alexander Fleming

Studied the treatment of soldiers with staphylococcus. Worked with the germ and accidentally left some on a Petri dish. When he came back a mould grew in it and killed the germs. He named it penicillin and published his findings

Florey and Chain

Research team that compiled a list of natural substances that can kill germs. Experimented with penicillin and used it on animal testing. Florey met with the government to get it massed produced to soldiers during WWII

Albert Alexander

He has an infected wound. When injected with penicillin his infection started to clear up but when it ran out he died

William Bigelow

Performed first open heart surgery to repair a hole in a baby's heart

Harold Gillies

Developed plastic surgery during WW1, pioneered skin graft technology

Karl Lansteiner

Discovered blood groups in 1901

Albert Hustin

Discovered that glucose and sodium citrate stopped blood clotting in 1914

Rivers

Developer the talking cure to treat soldiers with shell shock