The Seventh Dip
In 1928, Alexander Fleming left a petri dish uncovered before going on vacation. When he returned to his lab at St. Mary's Hospital in London,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Kings 5:14.
In 1928, Alexander Fleming left a petri dish uncovered before going on vacation. When he returned to his lab at St. Mary's Hospital in London, he found mold contaminating his bacterial cultures. Most researchers would have tossed it out. The dish looked ruined — messy, unscientific, beneath the dignity of a trained bacteriologist. But Fleming paused. He noticed the mold had killed the bacteria surrounding it.…
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