Penicillin Analysis

I was amazed by the history of penicillin that Dr. Odegard had informed us. I knew about penicillin, but I have never thought of the fact how significant role penicillin played in our lives. Before penicillin was discovered, people could die of infections, even minor ones, such as mosquito bites. I am truly surprised, and I have never thought about that we humans were in a time where we were afraid of dying because of minor things like mosquito bites. Additionally, the more surprising thing is that penicillin was discovered by accident by Dr. Alexander Fleming in early 20th century, and this accident changed the history of human lives. I believe, we should appreciate the work Dr. Alexander had done for us, because without penicillin, we might not have been alive. Therefore, I will tell people about the significance of penicillin and history behind it because I believe we all should …show more content…
Odegard told us. I think Aspirin is a medicine that almost everyone automatically use whenever we have a fever, or any kinds of pain. Therefore, as I see so many people taking it without hesitation, I thought it is very safe to use so, and I never thought of any side effects Aspirin might have until Dr. Odegard talked about it during the lecture. For importantly, children or people under 18 years old should not take Aspirin because of the possible side effects, which includes bleeding, ringing in the ears, or allergy. For example, people that have asthma might have an asthma attack from using Aspirin. Therefore, such people should be careful when using Aspirin. Although Aspirin is a medicine we automatically use when we have pains, we should be aware of those side effects, which is something I did not know about. As a result, I will use this knowledge learned from Dr. Odegard to inform people about the side effects of using Aspiri and more importantly, I will make sure children will not take it under my