Quote#World
When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly…
Quote byAlexander Fleming · 1881–1955
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: biographyonline.net.
English (original)
When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer, ... But I guess that was exactly what I did.
— Alexander Fleming
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