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The wail of a newborn infant pierced the air. Little Alexander Fleming made his grand entrance into the world, joining six older siblings.
Growing up in southwestern Scotland on his father’s farm, Alexander was an inquisitive little fellow with a sharp eye and keen observation. He loved and appreciated the world of nature, which was all around him, and explored with endless curiosity.
When Alexander was 14, he moved to London to join his big brother, Thomas. Thomas was an oculist (an old-fashioned word for a kind of eye doctor). Alexander finished his basic schooling there, in London. When he was 20 years old, Alexander began medical school.
Eight years later, the budding doctor won a gold medal at the University of London: Top Medical Student. Like many top medical students, Alexander Fleming planned to be a surgeon, a very prestigious kind of doctor. But Hashem had other plans.
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