Here is a challenge I throw out to New York City's many amateur historians and genealogical detectives : find out more about the young New Yorker who was the first person ever in the world to be treated - successfully - with penicillin-the-antibiotic.
Particularly if you interested in uncovering more about the harsh wartime treatment afforded many first generation inner city New York Blacks and Jews.
So, again, a challenge : find out more about PATIENT ONE , the young New Yorker(s) who first introduced the Age of Antibiotics against fierce resistance from the medical establishment.