| 英文摘要: |
Penicillin was the first antibiotic discovered in the world. As a highly-efficient anti-infection drug, it was introduced to China in the 1940s, attracting great public and scientific attention. A variety of transcription names and free translation names for penicillin co-existed and were widely used for about ten years, until the official name of qingmeisu was confirmed during the work on term standardization after 1949. Nowadays, with the progress of antibiotic science and the increasing number of drugs, the advantages of transcription for drug names has been rediscovered and used. The transformations of the term used for penicillin, not only serves as an epitome for the early development of antibiotic science in China, but reflects the different roles the public and scientists played in the development and transmission of science as well |
