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Finding a cure But to take the crucial step forward
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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

Finding a cureBut to take the crucial step forward, But to take the crucial step forward,...

Finding a cure
But to take the crucial step forward, But to take the crucial step forward, Howard Florey and his team
would look backwards, to previous research on antibiotics, rediscovering the pioneering work of Scottish bacteriologist
Alexander Fleming

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Finding a cure But to take the crucial step forward,
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But to take the crucial step forward,
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Howard Florey and his team would look backwards,
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to previous research on antibiotics,
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rediscovering the pioneering work
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of Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:11
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
Production
SkinnyDip Pictures,Northern Pictures

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The 8 part series reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live.
S01 • E08 What we're going to use is an X-ray intensifier paper, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
What we're going to use is an X-ray intensifier paper,
S01 • E05 Surgeons weren't allowed to operate, in those days, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Surgeons weren't allowed to operate, in those days,
S01 • E02 The human ear is an incredibly complex organ. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
The human ear is an incredibly complex organ.
S01 • E04 What was needed was a mechanised cutting system - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
What was needed was a mechanised cutting system
S01 • E02 It has some of the most delicate structures - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
It has some of the most delicate structures
S01 • E06 Harrison was working at the Sydney Herald newspaper, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Harrison was working at the Sydney Herald newspaper,
S01 • E05 So, in that time, virtually nothing was done. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
So, in that time, virtually nothing was done.
S01 • E07 By the late 19th century, it was still just a fantasy - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
By the late 19th century, it was still just a fantasy
S01 • E02 To understand how it works, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
To understand how it works,
S01 • E05 If people had a heart issue, they died of a heart issue, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
If people had a heart issue, they died of a heart issue,
S01 • E08 In William Bragg's time, the dangers of X-rays were unknown. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
In William Bragg's time, the dangers of X-rays were unk...
S01 • E04 (HORSE WHINNIES) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
(HORSE WHINNIES)
S01 • E03 In the summer of 1928, Fleming had a huge stroke of luck. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
In the summer of 1928, Fleming had a huge stroke of luck.
S01 • E06 Now, he was cleaning some metal type, very similar to this, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
Now, he was cleaning some metal type, very similar to this,
S01 • E08 In William Bragg's time, Today, we're taking safety seriously, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
In William Bragg's time, Today, we're taking safet...
S01 • E03 Returning to his untidy laboratory after a holiday, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Returning to his untidy laboratory after a holiday,
S01 • E07 I mean, it seems simple in retrospect - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
I mean, it seems simple in retrospect
S01 • E05 In the 1920s, physicians were guided by few rules - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
In the 1920s, physicians were guided by few rules
S01 • E04 Frederic Wolseley came to Australia from Ireland in 1854, aged just 17. He soon found work as a jackaroo before acquiring an interest - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
Frederic Wolseley came to Australia from Ireland in 1854, ag...
S01 • E01 And that's the fundamental limitation of the electric mower. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
And that's the fundamental limitation of the electric m...