Penicillin is the drug of the twentieth century. It was the first
of the antibiotics that, for decades after the Second World War,
underpinned a popular belief that infectious disease had at last
met its match. With the emergence of "superbugs" in recent decades
these hopes have faded. Across the world, we are warned that
widespread antibiotic abuse will inexorably erode the drugs'
efficacy and our own earlier confidence in them.
Penicillin pulls these different but conjoined stories into a
compelling narrative spanning the second half of the twentieth
century. Using a wealth of new research, Robert Bud sets the
discovery and use of penicillin in the broader context of social
and cultural change across the world. He examines the drug's
critical contributions to medicine and agriculture, and he
investigates the global spread of resistant bacteria as antibiotic
use continues to rise. Clearly written and highly topical, his book
will be of great interest to historians, scientists, and anyone
wishing to understand penicillin's seismic impact on modern life.
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