Accidental inventions that changed history
Accidents that saved millions of lives
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Penicillin production: During World War II, scientists used a moldy cantaloupe from a market in Peoria, Illinois, to mass-produce penicillin, increasing the drug's yield by 200 times.
An organic compound obtained from certain molds and used as an antibiotic to treat bacterial infections. Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered the substance in 1928 after mold contaminated a petri dish in London.
Which electrical component did Wilson Greatbatch accidentally use to invent the pacemaker?
Which gas did dentist Horace Wells observe at a public demonstration before using it for surgery?
What type of bacteria was being destroyed by the mold in Alexander Fleming's petri dish?
What was the original profession of Horace Wells, the pioneer of surgical anesthesia?
In which decade was the first successful implantable cardiac pacemaker placed in a human patient?