As years have gone by, the quality of life of human beings has been dramatically improved through the discoveries of some of history’s greatest scientific minds. A major contributor of the impact of science on the today’s world was Sir Alexander Fleming, known to most people as the “Penicillin Man.” Alexander Fleming was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on August 6, 1881 (Biography.com Editors). Sir Alexander Fleming was a doctor and bacteriologist most notorious for his discovery of the penicillin. Fleming was one the most important scientists in the medical world, whose actions changed the world. Through years of work, Alexander Fleming made a major contribution through his discovery of the world’s first antibiotic, Penicillin.
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Mary's Hospital Medical School at the University of London. Three years later he graduated with distinction three years later as Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Under the guidance of bacteriologist Sir Almroth Edward Wright, who revolutionized the idea of vaccine therapy as a medical treatment, he became a researcher in a bacteriology group at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School. In 1908 Fleming received a degree in bacteriology and the Gold Medal for top student (Biography.com Editors). During his years in medical school, Fleming became particularly “interested in the natural bacterial action of the blood and in antiseptics” ("Sir Alexander Fleming - Biographical"). During World War I, in 1914, Alexander Fleming served as captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, working in field hospital sin France. While curing soldiers, he established that the “antiseptic agents used to treat wounds… antiseptics, such as carbolic acid, boric acid and hydrogen peroxide, were failing to kill bacteria deep in wounds; worse, they were in fact lowering the soldier’s natural resistance to infection because they were killing white blood cells” ("Alexander Fleming"). After the culmination of the war, Fleming returned to St. Mary’s
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Mary's Hospital Medical School at the University of London. Three years later he graduated with distinction three years later as Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Under the guidance of bacteriologist Sir Almroth Edward Wright, who revolutionized the idea of vaccine therapy as a medical treatment, he became a researcher in a bacteriology group at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School. In 1908 Fleming received a degree in bacteriology and the Gold Medal for top student (Biography.com Editors). During his years in medical school, Fleming became particularly “interested in the natural bacterial action of the blood and in antiseptics” ("Sir Alexander Fleming - Biographical"). During World War I, in 1914, Alexander Fleming served as captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, working in field hospital sin France. While curing soldiers, he established that the “antiseptic agents used to treat wounds… antiseptics, such as carbolic acid, boric acid and hydrogen peroxide, were failing to kill bacteria deep in wounds; worse, they were in fact lowering the soldier’s natural resistance to infection because they were killing white blood cells” ("Alexander Fleming"). After the culmination of the war, Fleming returned to St. Mary’s