Baby Patricia Malone did die , a few months after her plight made PENICILLIN world famous overnight

In May 1944, Charles Davis, one of the reporters from the Hearst newspaper that got the initial penicillin to Patty's bedside in August 1943, brought readers across America up to date on Patty after his editor won the Pulitzer prize for reporting for the paper's efforts.

He revealed that six weeks after she was mere hours from death, she was released from the Lutheran Hospital, and I think the photo reveals she indeed does look radiant in her new bonnet.

But exactly three months later, (Davis says two months but I am going from death records for the only 2 year old named Patricia Malone dying in NY in late 1943) her weakened heart gave out and she died without any media attention.

A sad ending to a story I have been chasing for a long long time.

Penicillin Baby little Patty Malone

A published report says that two and a half year old Patty Malone died a few weeks after first receiving some history-changing penicillin in an Manhattan hospital on August 11th 1943.

However I found a photo showing her leaving hospital looking great 6 weeks later.

Today I came across a partial record for a two year old named Patricia Malone who did die in December 21st 1943 in a Manhattan hospital, ie possibly Patty's life was only prolonged for 4 1/2 more months.

It could be our penicillin baby- I checking it out - if so , a very unhappy ending for her two parents and bigger sister ....