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Penicillin sat on a shelf for ten years while I was called a quack.


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(The discovery of penicillin) was a triumph of accident, a fortunate occurrence which happened while I was working on a purely academic bacteriological problem.



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Suggested remedy for the common cold: A good gulp of whiskey at bedtime-it's not very scientific, but it helps.



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If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life.





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