First Mention: News of Penicillin Hardly Made a Splash

Monday, February 23, 2009 - 21:14 in Psychology & Sociology

The word penicillin first appeared in the newspaper in a 230-word item in a roundup of science news, under the heading “A New ‘Sulfanilamide.’”

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