Stamp issued by the country of Mauritius commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of penicillin; first in block of four; the problem of infection during WWI, showing soldiers carrying a body off a field against a background of bacteria, and a doctor writing at a desk; multicolour ink; wa…
Stamp issued by the country of Mauritius commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of penicillin; first in block of four; the problem of infection during WWI, showing soldiers carrying a body off a field against a background of bacteria, and a doctor writing at a desk; multicolour ink; watermark: Crown over Block CA Diagonal Multiple [Up]; designer: Jennifer Toombs; format: souvenir sheet;perforation: Harrow 13½ x 14; printing: Offset lithography; face value: 20c - Mauritian rupee.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
"50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF PENICILLIN // The problem of infection: World War I // Mauritius"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box #8
Dimension Notes
Length: 2.7 cm. x Width: 4.4 cm.
Condition Remarks
No marks or tears
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
https://colnect.com/en/stamps
Reference Comments
Webster's Dictionary
Research Facts
penicillin / p n 's l n/ noun
1. an antibiotic or group of antibiotics produced naturally by certain blue moulds, now usually prepared synthetically. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 and during the Second World War became the first antibiotic to be used by doctors:
"patients who are allergic to penicillin"
2. a blue mould of a type that produces penicillin.
Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming as a crude extract of P. rubens. Fleming's student Cecil George Paine was the first to successfully use penicillin to treat eye infection (neonatal conjunctivitis) in 1930. The purified compound (penicillin F) was isolated in 1940 by a research team led by Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain at the University of Oxford. Fleming first used the purified penicillin to treat streptococcal meningitis in 1942. The 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was shared by Chain, Fleming, and Florey.
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming, who won the Nobel Prize in 1945 for his work.