Penicillin. Penicillin is collected from the Penicillium mold. Alexander Fleming is known for discovering this antibiotic. In 1901‚ he went to St. Mary Hospital to study medicine. In 1914‚ during World War I‚ Alexander Fleming joined the British Royal Army Medical Corps. He wanted to reduce the number of soldiers dying from infection. One day in 1928‚ before throwing away some old Petri dishes of culture‚ Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered a blue mold growing on a harmful chemical. The
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Douglas Haig was a General during World War One. There is much controversy over General Haig’s reputation due to the high level of losses during his battles in command. Many people agree with David Lloyd George’s attitude of Haig and many other British Generals of World War One. They are said to be “donkeys”‚ incompetents who sent the “lions” (the soldier) into futile bloody battles. Many popular books‚ films and television programs also agree with David Lloyd George. The sad truth‚ however‚ was
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Revolutionary War Explain how different American and British choices during the war might have changed its outcome. Analyze why France joined the war on the American side and the importance of this decision to an American victory. Identify the strengths of the British army at the outset of the Revolutionary War and account for England’s failure to win it quickly. Show how white women and African Americans hoped for changes in their respective positions in society and analyze the degree
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on December 24‚ 1814‚ but the news of it did not reach either the British or the American troops in the Louisiana southwest. General Major Andrew Jackson had the entire battle thought and planned out‚ it was all ready for action‚ and the soldiers all waited. A few days earlier the British and American forces had engaged in a battle about nine miles away from New Orleans. This was only a part of the plan in order to draw the British forces to Chalmette Plantation. The Battle of New Orleans was an important
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Titis Setyabudi There are some events that are differences between the novel and film. First‚ the attacking of William Wallace against the British army when he knows that Murron does not present in the grove as what he said to her after the effort of British men to rape her. In the novel Wallace does not realize that Murron is caught by the British and they kill her by cut her throat. Wallace backs to his men in the barn at Campbell farm‚ among them Campbell and Hamish and they tell him that
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to help the sick and wounded soldiers. How were the medical services organised? * 1853‚ the Army Medical Department + the Ordnance Medical Department were moved under Dr Andrew Smith. * Had not been done before as the Duke of Wellington had opposed reform of the medical system. * Andrew Smith had to create a war-ready department from scratch. * Dr Smith was told that the British force would have 10‚000 men. He had no wagons‚ no stretcher-bearers + no doctors. * Colonel Tulloch
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Maria Alcaraz Hist 1301 Mid-term Exam What were some of the changes that took place in Europe between the years 1000 and 1492‚ and why did those changes lead to European exploration and overseas expansion? From Leif Eriksson being the first European to sail to North America to Marco Polo making his first trip to china were the few things that were going on in the European discovery. During the 1100 the crusades joined the holy war to regain capture of Palestine which was taken away by the
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17‚ 1775‚ early in the Revolutionary War the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker/Breed’s Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss some inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy. The battle provided them with an important boost of confidence. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill‚ the majority of the fighting happened at Breed’s Hill. On June 16‚ 1775‚ learning the British were planning to send troops to occupy the hills
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“Man is named only to be forgotten and there’s never a heart that doesn’t change”(Mahfouz 284). The ending of Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz is successful in concluding the novel by using tone and irony in the ending of relationships. Throughout the novel there is a negative tone that is emphasis in the end of the novel through the actions that take place. The actions that take place at the end of the novel also are ironic‚ such as the death of Abbas and Hamida’s situation. Mahfouz ends the end of
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armed forces and the confidence of their own countrymen after a long period of stalemate in the various battle fronts. They were both prepared to exhaust all means to win over the other. General Haig was definitely under very great pressure from the British Government as well as his allies to determine and win the war as quickly as possible. He would have thought that if the war was dragged on further even much higher casualties would likely be resulted as the trench warfare being adopted at that time
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