Editing Alexander Fleming (section)

=== The Fleming myth ===
By 1942, penicillin, produced as pure compound, was still in short supply and not available for clinical use. When Fleming used the first few samples prepared by the Oxford team to treat Harry Lambert who had streptococcal meningitis,<ref name=":4">{{cite journal|last1=Bennett|first1=Joan W.|title=Alexander Fleming and the discovery of penicillin|date=2001|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0065216401490137|journal=Advances in Applied Microbiology|volume=49|pages=163–184|publisher=Elsevier|doi=10.1016/s0065-2164(01)49013-7|isbn=978-0-12-002649-4|access-date=17 October 2020|last2=Chung|first2=King-Thom|pmid=11757350}}</ref> the successful treatment was major news, particularly popularised in ''[[The Times]]''. Wright was surprised to discover that Fleming and the Oxford team had not been mentioned, though Oxford was attributed as the source of the drug. Wright wrote to the editor of ''The Times'', which eagerly interviewed Fleming, but Florey prohibited the Oxford team from seeking media coverage. As a consequence, only Fleming was widely publicised in the media,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gaynes|first=Robert|date=2017|title=The Discovery of Penicillin&nbsp;– New Insights After More Than 75 Years of Clinical Use|journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases|volume=23|issue=5|pages=849–853|doi=10.3201/eid2305.161556|pmc=5403050}}</ref> which led to the misconception that he was entirely responsible for the discovery and development of the drug.<ref name="History: Great myths die hard">{{cite journal|last1=Dufour|first1=Héloïse D.|last2=Carroll|first2=Sean B.|date=2013|title=History: Great myths die hard|journal=Nature|volume=502|issue=7469|pages=32–33|doi=10.1038/502032a|pmid=24137644|doi-access=free}}</ref> Fleming himself referred to this incident as "the Fleming myth."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ho|first=David|date=29 March 1999|title=Bacteriologist Alexander Fleming|magazine=Time|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990612,00.html|access-date=17 October 2020|issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Selwyn|first=Sydney|date=1980|title=Howard Florey: the making of a great scientist|journal=Journal of Medical Microbiology|volume=13|issue=3|pages=483|doi=10.1099/00222615-13-3-483|doi-access=free}}</ref>