Question

In 1941, ______ was the first used successfully to treat an infection caused by a bacterium.

Answer 1

Albert Alexander was the first patient to be successfully treated on an infection caused by bacteria. He accidentally scratched a thorn of a rose on his face which badly infected him. One of his eyes had also been removed. He was given an infusion of 160 mg of penicillin on February 12, 1941, and within 24 hours, his wounds begun to heal. He, however, died on March 1941.