Enter the room where penicillin was discovered at the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum. According to legend, bacteriologist Fleming returned to his messy lab after a summer holiday. He noticed the mould Penicillium notatum had contaminated Petri dishes and inhibited bacteria growth. Curious. The world's first antibiotic was revealed! The seismic shift in medicine caused by the discovery can't be quantified. Today, the lab has been recreated to look just as it did that fateful day in 1928. Fleming's disorganised lab table is loaded with instruments - and a packet of the Gold Flake cigarettes he enjoyed while working. The lesson here seems clear. If you wish to change the world, take holidays and stay sloppy.
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