Commentary on 'Penicillin

摘要

Note from the Editor: The Journal of the Royal NavalMedical Service has had a very successful one hundredyears, and for a considerable period it was one of the mosteminent medical journals in the world, particularly in theareas of surgical advances and infection control followingthe two World Wars. In this centenary edition we celebratethat glorious past by reprinting, and commenting on, anarticle by one of the titans of medicine published in thisjournal.