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Ernest Duchesne

French physician

Died when: 37 years 318 days (454 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Ernest Duchesne

Ernest Duchesne (30 May 1874 – 12 April 1912) was a French physician who noted that certain molds kill bacteria.He made this discovery 32 years before Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic properties of penicillin, a substance derived from those molds, but his research went unnoticed.


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