Role of random chance / luck

Alexander Fleming and Penicillin
1. Unwashed dishes left by a window in his lab
  1. He noticed that the mould killed bacteria
    1. He wrote his findings in a research paper - Florey and Chain used this to develop Penicillin
James Simpson and Chloroform
1. He was interested in finding anaesthetics
  1. Process of trial and error
    1. Tried various substances on himself and friends
      1. This is how he discovered chloroform
Discovery of Chicken Cholera vaccine
1. Pasteur and his team were working on vaccines
  1. Chicken cholera solution was left in the lab over the summer
    1. Charles Chamberland injected chickens with it
      1. They didn't die and also survived when injected with fresh samples of cholera
        They had developed a vaccine and also discovered that watered down versions of the disease worked ad vaccines
Edward Jenner and Smallpox
1. Jenner wanted to inoculate patients
  1. He noticed that cow maids didn't catch smallpox
    1. He studied this and developed a vaccine
      1. But he couldn't explain the science behind it

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	Created by Dan Bacon over 6 years ago