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I received this story from a friend.It sounds quite feasable.But if it was true,then surely we would all 100% know about it.I may be stupid.But is it true ?.
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.
There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.'I want to repay you,' said the nobleman. 'You saved my son's life.'
'No, I can't accept payment for what I did,' the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel.'Is that your son?' the nobleman asked.'Yes,' the farmer replied proudly.'I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of.' And that he did.
Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia.What saved his life this time? Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill .. His son's name?
Sir Winston Churchill.
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.
There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.'I want to repay you,' said the nobleman. 'You saved my son's life.'
'No, I can't accept payment for what I did,' the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel.'Is that your son?' the nobleman asked.'Yes,' the farmer replied proudly.'I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of.' And that he did.
Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia.What saved his life this time? Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill .. His son's name?
Sir Winston Churchill.
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
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Yes, but how can you respect a bloke who is always fightng people on beaches? If the lad had been allowed to drown peacefully in the bog the world may not be enduring such problems today. 
And he didn't start it either.
But still havn't really had an answer.Surely it should be more than Apocrypha,with it being in modern times etc.
But still havn't really had an answer.Surely it should be more than Apocrypha,with it being in modern times etc.
Summary of eRumor
A Scottish farmer saves a drowning boy's life, but refuses a reward from the boy's nobleman father. The nobleman then offers to provide an education for the farmer's son. The son grows up to become Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin. Years later, the nobleman's son is stricken with pneumonia but saved by penicillin. That nobleman's son is Winston Churchill.
The Truth
According to the Winston Churchill center in Washington, D.C., this is a myth. There is no evidence these events ever happened. Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, says there's no record of Churchill nearly drowning or of his father paying for Fleming's education. Churchill was once treated for pneumonia, but according to the center, not with penicillin.
A Scottish farmer saves a drowning boy's life, but refuses a reward from the boy's nobleman father. The nobleman then offers to provide an education for the farmer's son. The son grows up to become Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin. Years later, the nobleman's son is stricken with pneumonia but saved by penicillin. That nobleman's son is Winston Churchill.
The Truth
According to the Winston Churchill center in Washington, D.C., this is a myth. There is no evidence these events ever happened. Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, says there's no record of Churchill nearly drowning or of his father paying for Fleming's education. Churchill was once treated for pneumonia, but according to the center, not with penicillin.
Thank you for that.What you say,kind of sorts it for me.I thought that such a tale if true would be common knowledge.
It's a shame though,because it would be a fantastic coincidense if true.
It's a shame though,because it would be a fantastic coincidense if true.
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.asp
Snopes always the first port of call!
Snopes always the first port of call!
Great story, but sadly as several have already pointed out - a myth. The story apparently sprang up in the war when Churchill got pneumonia. He was treated with a sulphonamide drug, which had its origins with Bayer, a German pharmaceutical company. Rather than praise a German invention, he and others were happy to associate his recovery with the great British discovery - penicillin.
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