Penicillin

In June of 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had established the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) to conduct scientific research to solve the problems underlying the development, production, and use of mechanisms and devices of warfare. Similarly, to an effort that had occurred during World War I under the Council of National Defense. There were several problems impacting the success of the NDRC. The agency had neither the authority nor the money to move research through…

location and severity of the infection, then the tooth and the surrounding area are thoroughly cleaned. After the dentist has cleaned around the tooth, it is common to prescribe antibiotics to prevent further infection. Unless you are allergic, penicillin is usually prescribed. Unfortunately, the pericoronitis usually returns until the tooth has been extracted. An oral surgeon may need to remove the gum flap or the infected wisdom tooth. The gum flap removal may fix the problem if you are…

understand the “pathology of racism” rather than the “pathology of syphilis.” (Brandt, 1978, p. 21) The experiment led to the senseless death of dozens of people, hidden under the guise of research that became flimsier and flimsier as years passed and penicillin became widely available. Even after the experiment was finally terminated, the HEW Final Report completely ignored…

Microbiology in itself is such a vital field which contributes and continuously defines the world in which we live in. Charles Darwin once stated “Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm--a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in heaven” (Goodreads, 2015). I really liked this quote because I think it explains the vastness that microbiology possesses. We tend to look at the world seeing one individual…

respiratory secretions from the infection. The incubation period for infection of strep throat is approximately two to five days (CDC, 2016). Treatment for strep infection consist of the administration of oral antibiotics from the penicillin family and if allergy to penicillin is present then administration of mycin family antibiotics (CDC, 2016). Treatment also includes the use of antipyretics for fever and pain control along with oral hydration to prevent dehydration of…

Charles Darwin was the first person to suggest that animals may be useful for further understanding the biology of human beings when he created his Theory of Evolution in the 1800s. This theory eventually led to Louis Pasteur testing on a sheep in the late 19th century which was the first major test to be conducted on an animal (Murnaghan, Ian Animal Testing Timeline). Pasteur administered an anthrax vaccine to the sheep to test his germ theory, which showed the importance of vaccines to combat…

For example, “When penicillin became widely available in the 1950s as the preferred treatment for syphilis, the men did not receive therapy (Brandt)”. The men were also told that the painful spinal taps, a procedure in which spinal fluid is removed, was a “back shot”. The scientists…

Long term help it brought: In World War ll there were many disadvantages but also many advantages. One of the main advantages was, medical this was a new direct response to a brand new kind of weaponry. That was created in the years of 1939 to 1945 and had grown since then. At the start of the of the 20th century there was a revolution of technology that affected aspects of military medicine. Medical journals were being copied and sent over seas, could communicate over telegraph and telephone.…

prescription alerts and clinical-decision support alerts. “Prescription alerts warn physicians of potential adverse drug events such as interactions with other medications, along with allergy warnings.”(Dix, 2012) For instance, I have an allergy to Penicillin and whenever I have to get prescribed antibiotics my doctors know not to give that one to me because of the alert. Basically, this helps them help me. The second alert is clinical-decision support alerts, which remind physicians about…

the United States get a staph infection each year, and 90,000 of those cases lead to MRSA (Reinberg, 2007). This puts finding a drug or method that is not resistant to staph as a priority. The current treatment options for staph are antibiotics, penicillin, wound treatment, and device removal. The human body is becoming more resistant to antibiotics, and there are strains of staph that will not react to the use of antibiotics. The medical world is trying many different things to stop and kill…