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Lord Howard Florey
Medical researcher
1898 - 1968We are currently preparing a short profile. Please return again soon, or email us if you would like to be notified when this entry is complete. "The war had nothing to do with it [the discovery of penicillin]. It has often been said that we went hot-headed at the problem because of the needs of the fighting forces; but that is not so. It was pure accident that the discovery happened to be made at the time when it was most wanted." Lord Howard Florey
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This documentary first screened on SBS on 3 August, 2006. It is
expected that it will soon be available for sale to the public. The
accompanying promotion reads:
"As World War Two rages, a small team of scientists at Oxford
University, led by Australian
Howard Florey, make one
of the greatest discoveries in the history of medicine: penicillin. As
news of their funny yellow powder leaks out to the press, wartime
Britain looked for a hero. Instead of Florey and the Oxford team, they
choose someone else to shower with honours, Alexander Fleming, How it
happened is a fascinating story of wartime scarcity, personal conflicts,
and a sobering lesson in the damage done to truth by wartime propaganda." |
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TOURISM NEWS
Qantas In Flight Magazine chooses
White Hat
Cemetery Tour as its featured Australian tour for May
There are many fine historical tours
throughout Australia including cemetery tours. From these, the
prestigious Qantas In Flight Magazine has chosen the White Hat Tour
of Melbourne Cemetery as its featured Australian tour for the May
2007 edition. This tour was also featured by ABC radio on 24 May and
will feature in a documentary series on Burke and Wills to be shown
on European television in 2008. The tour has been operating for many years and has won
praise from a wide range of sources. This is not a dry and stuffy
tour but in keeping with all White Hat offerings it is Informed,
Intelligent, Independent (and occasionally) Irreverent. You can find
details of the tour at White
Hat Tour of Melbourne Cemetery and view the article at
Qantas In Flight Magazine. |
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