Tag: Alexander Fleming

  • Five People Whose Discoveries Saved Millions of Lives

    Five People Whose Discoveries Saved Millions of Lives

    A dying 14-year-old boy became part of a medical breakthrough that would change the lives of millions. On January 11, 1922, Leonard Thompson received an experimental injection at Toronto General Hospital while weighing just 65 pounds and fighting a disease that had almost certainly doomed him. The first attempt failed, leaving him with an abscess…