Goldsworthy, P.McFarlane, A.2007-09-282007-09-282002Medical Journal of Australia, 2002; 176(4):178-1800025-729X1326-5377http://hdl.handle.net/2440/38832The document attached has been archived with permission from the editor of the Medical Journal of Australia. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.The public myth of the discovery of penicillin is an archetypal "quest story" of the type common to every human culture. But the real story of the discovery, testing and refinement of penicillin is a complex tale of accident, serendipity, oversight, conflict, the pressure of war, idiosyncratic personalities and even - the invention of history.enPenicillinsHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyAustraliaEnglandJournal article002007176110.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04349.x0001771378000192-s2.0-003712801748162McFarlane, A. [0000-0002-3829-9509]