Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Webster Heming
Kaplan University
Alexander Fleming
Description
Alexander Fleming was a botanist, pharmacologist, and biologist from Scotland. He made various contributions to the medical fields of chemotherapy, immunology, and bacteriology. He is best known for discovery of penicillin and the lysozyme enzyme. He won a Nobel Prize in the field of medicine in 1928 for discovery of penicillin. He shared the prize with two other scientists. The discovery of penicillin literally changed the world. Penicillin altered treatment of infections caused by bacteria forever and became a very important life-saver. The discovery led to emergence of a strong industry of pharmacies which developed forms of penicillin which would conquer the most dangerous diseases in the history of mankind such as tuberculosis, gangrene, and Syphilis.
The Historical Era Alexander Fleming was born in Scotland in 1881. He first studied at the Royal Polytechnic Institution in London and later schooled at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School when he got some money. At St. Mary’s he got an offer to work as an assistant to Sir Almorth Wright, a bacteriologist who is credited with pioneering immunology and vaccine therapy. He went on to become a lecturer at the institution. In 1928, he became a professor of The Bacteriology department in The University of London (Brown, 2010). Alexander Fleming was working in the post Edwardian era historical period.
The Steps and Methods Alexander Fleming Took to Advance Public Health His interest in bacteriology was inspired by his work as a regiment member during World War 1. He had witnessed the death of many soldiers from wound infections which caused sepsis. The antiseptics that were in use during that period killed the body’s immune defences faster than they destroyed the bacteria (Tames, 2010). He conducted a creative experiment which demonstrated how antiseptics were destroying immune defences
Webster Heming
Kaplan University
Alexander Fleming
Description
Alexander Fleming was a botanist, pharmacologist, and biologist from Scotland. He made various contributions to the medical fields of chemotherapy, immunology, and bacteriology. He is best known for discovery of penicillin and the lysozyme enzyme. He won a Nobel Prize in the field of medicine in 1928 for discovery of penicillin. He shared the prize with two other scientists. The discovery of penicillin literally changed the world. Penicillin altered treatment of infections caused by bacteria forever and became a very important life-saver. The discovery led to emergence of a strong industry of pharmacies which developed forms of penicillin which would conquer the most dangerous diseases in the history of mankind such as tuberculosis, gangrene, and Syphilis.
The Historical Era Alexander Fleming was born in Scotland in 1881. He first studied at the Royal Polytechnic Institution in London and later schooled at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School when he got some money. At St. Mary’s he got an offer to work as an assistant to Sir Almorth Wright, a bacteriologist who is credited with pioneering immunology and vaccine therapy. He went on to become a lecturer at the institution. In 1928, he became a professor of The Bacteriology department in The University of London (Brown, 2010). Alexander Fleming was working in the post Edwardian era historical period.
The Steps and Methods Alexander Fleming Took to Advance Public Health His interest in bacteriology was inspired by his work as a regiment member during World War 1. He had witnessed the death of many soldiers from wound infections which caused sepsis. The antiseptics that were in use during that period killed the body’s immune defences faster than they destroyed the bacteria (Tames, 2010). He conducted a creative experiment which demonstrated how antiseptics were destroying immune defences
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