Pensacola was the first European-inhabited settlement in what would later become the United States of America. The first European settlement in the continental United States was Pensacola, which was established on Santa Rosa Island by conquistador Don Tristan tristÃ¡n De luna Y arellano in. 1559
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin from mold that contaminated a petri dish of Staphylococcus bacteria. Researchers at Oxford University experimented with the new mold that Alexander Fleming had discovered. Penicillin was actually discovered by mistake.
The discovery of penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum perfected the treatment of bacterial infections such as, syphilis, gangrene and tuberculosis. He also contributed immensely towards medical sciences with his writings on the subjects of bacteriology, immunology and chemotherapy.