The well and the incredible story of the scientist who anticipated Fleming by 30 years: he discovered penicillin in Arzano.the doctor Vincenzo Tiberio,hosted in Arzano by his aunt and uncle, realized that when the well was cleaned from mold, people fell ill with gastroenteritis.so he went deeper in the laboratory, and understood the bactericidal power. In 1895 his studies, entitled "On the extracts of some mold", were published in the annals of experimental hygiene anticipating the English results many years later. The Italian academic world was not ready to embrace this innovation and the misunderstanding, as well as the obstructed and misunderstood love of his family for a cousin, drove Tiberius away from Naples. When he returned to Naples to resume his studies, he died shortly afterwards, at only 45 years of age.
