Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming once said,'' I certainly did not plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic, or bacteria killer, but suppose that was exactly what I did'' (biography, 2014, para.1). Alexander Fleming was born in 1881 in Scotland, UK. He had a good education because in 1901 he use this money for studying in medical school. Moreover, in 1903, he graduated for bachelor of medicine and surgery (Famous Scientists, 2015). In fact, this man, Alexander Fleming, discovered the penicillin, and he had award for this discover. First of all, Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist and he discover the penicillin. In 1914, World war one happened in the world. Army took Fleming to work in field hospital in France.…

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Alexander Fleming: Biotechnology and the Discovery of Penicillin Sarah King James J. Cheetham, Tuesday, October 6, 2015 BIOL1010 T "When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic, or bacteria killer… But I suppose that was exactly what I did.” Sir Alexander Fleming, already well known for his research on lysozymes, an antibacterial enzyme that occurs naturally in tissues and…

Alexander Fleming was born Scotland on August 6th, 1881. Throughout his life he fought in the Territorial Army, discovered the world's first antibiotic, and received the Nobel Peace Prize. He died on March 11th, 1955 in London. His discovery revolutionized modern day medicine. Alexander Fleming was born in Scotland but moved to London to go to school. While there he joined the army. When World War I came along,he was the assistant to a bacteriologist. This is where he became interested…

The miracle of penicillin By: joshua baerwald From 8th grade english by: Mrs.Bushke 3/21/2017 Penicillin, created by Alexander Fleming. Was accidentally discovered by Alexander Fleming, a strange fungi was growing on a petri dish. Instead of cleaning it away, he investigated it and discovered that this fungi was keeping the bacteria on the petri dish stay where it was. Alexander fleming looked more into this fungi to only find out that it had properties that would breach the cell walls…

Alexander Fleming What would make a hero would be someone who changed the world in a good way or someone who changed someone’s life to make it better. Alexander Fleming is a hero because during his early life Fleming had an education. He went to school and graduated. Fleming studied medicine and became a doctor and then later on Fleming studied in the laboratory. Fleming was experimenting a lot, and he discovered penicillin. Alexander thought soon his invention could save lives, and it came…

Penicillin was a accidental discovery, like many others, that helped a lot with medical needs. Penicillin is a non-bacteria spore that is used as a medical drug. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming and was later more developed and studied more by other scientist. Penicillin has a lot of history throughout time by being used as a drug to help in hospitals in many countries and help save many people's lives during world war two and D-day. Penicillin was discovered by a…

In 1945, Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain, and Sir Howard Walter Florey receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology (medicine) for their work on creating penicillin, but Norman Heatley, who also helped develop penicillin, did not receive the Nobel Prize for his work. If it were not for Heatley, the other scientists he worked with, and the scientists before him, the creation of the drug we know as penicillin today would not have been created. Penicillin is considered the first antibiotic drug…

In 1938 Howard Florey and Ernst Chain began to study penicillin. They had no doubt that there was a medical possibility in penicillin. They had some ideas since Fleming was able to discover what exactly killed the bacteria and how to grow more of the mold. After a worldwide search, they found a strain of penicillin of a moldy cantaloupe in Peoria. It was able to produce a huge amount of penicillin, but only if it was…

like Sulfa powder of Atabrine, easy to use. morphine, penicillin and blood plasma were other life saving medical contributions to World War II. The painkiller, morphine was used by medics and could be injected in ½ grain doses (Steinart). Although morphine could not be accessed quickly by soldiers, it still played a major part in saving lives. In a similar sense, blood plasma which replaces whole blood and maintains a proper pH balance in the body could only be used by medical professionals.…