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During Edward Jenner’s time, many people got smallpox. Jenner
gave a boy some cowpox germs . Then, he put the boy near some
smallpox germs, but the boy did not get sick . Thanks to
Jenner, there is no smallpox today. Alexander Fleming studied
bacteria. One day, he saw some fuzzy, blue mold with no bacteria
near it. He studied the mold and came up with penicillin . It was
one of the first modern medicines .
some cowpox germs first modern medicines
came up with penicillin did not get sick
Unit 12 | Jenner and Fleming: Two Heroes of Medicine
