Penicillin

were disclosed. However, when taking the patient down to theatre, the theatre practitioner was going through their part of the peri-operative theatre pathway theatre checklist and the patient disclosed to them that they had an allergic reaction to penicillin a long time ago. Immediately I felt embarrassed as I had not written this down as this was not disclosed when I asked the patient if they had any known allergies, therefore I was questioned by the theatre practitioner. I explained that I…

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Treponema pallidum is that bacteria that causes syphilis. Treponema pallidum is a gram negative bacteria which is spiral in shape. The virulent strain of T. pallidum was first isolated in 1912 from a neurosyphilic patient by Hideyo Noguchi, a Japanese bacteriologist. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease but transmission can also occur between mother and child in utero, this is called congenital syphilis. Syphilis was first discovered in…

Kant believes that human life should be respected and regarded as both a means and an end. The Formula of the End in Itself states to treat “humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end”. When a person is involved in a scheme of action to which they could not in principle consent to, they have been used as a mere means. When there is no consent, the person has been used as a mere means. A person cannot consent…

From the first time of penicillin discovery by Alexander Fleming in the time of second world-war treated many wounded soldiers and saved their life. Through that course of time till now many antibiotics like penicillin has been discovered which are all extracted from microbial life like E.coli. Not only that there has been discovery of various drugs and vaccines in the…

Investigation Outline Name: Chuah Soh Wau Class: ESL2 Research question: Should animal experimentation be conducted? 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background of the study For the past five decades, there has been a widespread argument for the use of animals in medical science and product testing which is controversial. By looked through medical perception, it undeniable sometimes animals testing have made a valuable contribution to human health. However, looked at another site, animal tests often cause…

ways to fix problems that were unable to be solved before. For example, when penicillin was first discovered it changed the world forever. With this antibiotic at human’s side, doctors were able to fight infections and prolong many lives. But, with all great strides in medications there are possibilities for concern. The bacteria that was being killed by penicillin is now able to come back and be stronger than penicillin. This has created medicine resistant infections that take much more time…

An example of a medication that did not succeed through testing would be penicillin. This medication was first tested on a lab rat and the scientist was very disappointed about how his discovery did not work. However, when he had a patient and no other medication to give them the scientist gave the patient penicillin. It was soon discovered that this was a life saver and although it did not work on a rat, it worked on a human. Not only that, but…

Neither the Native Americans, African slaves, nor the Europeans carried immunity to these diseases because they didn’t have previous exposure to them. This caused the population to decrease. Fortunately, these diseases would later have a cure, penicillin. But, unfortunately for the Native Americans, slaves, and Europeans, this cure came after their lifetime. The Native Americans were responsible for many of the deadly diseases contracted by the people living in the United States. One…

animals have a similar body in internal and external body features. In fact, many veterinary medicines are the same used in human medication similar to antibiotics, pain killers, and tranquilizers. Having the animal bodies similar to ours, we have penicillin, insulin, and anesthetics, thanks to animal testing. We have figured how to do kidney, heart, hip transplant. Scanning techniques such as the CT and MRI where developed using…

transmitted disease). Without the public’s knowledge or discussion, U.S Public Health Service observed six hundred African-American men in order to understand the natural progression of untreated syphilis. Despite the development of the treatment (penicillin) becoming available to the public, and the Nuremberg Code addressing requirements of voluntary consent of participation for research purposes. Doctors from the PHS continued to violate the rights of humans’ subjects and broke ethical…