ADHD Medicine History

Now, medicine is much more advanced than it was years before thanks to technology. Lawrence K. Altman, a New York Times reporter says in an article called “So Many Advances in Medicine, So Many Yet to Come” that “it is clear that technology has accounted for the greatest changes in medicine” and some of the things technology has contributed with are mentioned next.

Early in the 1920s in London halfway through an experiment with staphylococci bacteria,a young British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming went on vacation. After coming home from two month vacation he noticed some strange mold in unwashed glass dishes where he did his experiments. He also noticed that near mold was a clear ring where no bacteria were growing but further away bacteria were normal. Something killed that bacteria and he thought that this might be important. Fleming worked hard on his mold. He squeezed some juicy mold which he called penicillin. But he couldn't get enough penicillin and couldn't prove that it would kill bacteria and make people healthier. . In the newspapers they wrote what he said: “One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on

Everyone knows how useful penicillin is today in the modern age as an antibiotic. Some people might even know about the story behind its discovery. What they don’t know about is the long history behind this medical discovery. They especially don’t know about the hard work of several scientists who brought the idea of penicillin to life. From the earliest discovery of penicillin in 1896 by Ernest Duchesne to the start of its mass production in 1948 and now the modern world of the twenty-first century, it has come a long way. In fact, penicillin has risen from just a bit of Penicillium mold and a mistaken discovery to the life-saving antibiotic agent it is today.

In 1928 Dr. Alexander Fleming began to sort through a pile of petri dishes containing colonies of bacteria that causes boils, sore throats, and abscesses. As he sorted through the dishes he noticed something unusual on one dish. It was dotted with colonies, and one area had a blob of mold growing. The area of mold was later identified as a rare strain of Penicillium notatum, the mold had secreted something that inhibited bacterial growth. Fleming later uncovered that this mold was capable of killing a wide range of harmful bacteria such as streptococcus, meningococcus and the diphtheria bacillus, that had played humanities. Prior to the discovery of Penicillin, Sulfa drugs were used during World War II. These drugs were name as the “wonder drug”. Although they’re still used today, Sulfa drugs were used to cure bacterial infections such as UTIs and gonorrhea. The new found drug penicillin, would cure millions and replace the use of Sulfa drugs.

At a time of improvements in society, the 20th century was a central time for scientific discoveries and enhancements. Specifically, medicine experiences a significant advancement during the 1900s. Starting out with the bare minimum, medical researchers invented life-changing technologies, which are continually used in the modern world. Without these developments, high death rates would remain prominent in society today and living conditions would still be in poor shape. Patient care, medical personnel treatment, and medical techniques greatly improved during the 1900s. Along with this, various drugs, vaccines, and procedures came into the medical field and saved many patients’ lives.

In September of 1928, a rushed bacteriologist Dr. Alexander Fleming let his lab at St. Mary’s Hospital, as usual, a mess on his way to a month vacation. Little did he know he had just spawned one of the most crucial inventions of all time. Upon his return to his laboratory he found mold had grown in the petri dishes he had left out. One of whom contained the rare spore Penicillium notatum that had probably wafted up into his lab through the air currents from the down-stairs mycology lab. Dr. Fleming noticed a ring around the mold, and it was 100% bacteria free! Curiosity urged him onward, as he grew a pure culture of the mold and discover that it killed a great deal of disease-causing bacteria. He would go on to name the substance penicillin.

Advances in medicine during the 1800s were greatly improved with scientific instruments. Modern science didn’t obtain standard scientific practice until the 1800s?Hospitals provided opportunities to observe large numbers of patients. research institutes provided the newly minted professional scientists with space, equipment and money to conduct experiments. Estimates suggest that in a pre-modern, poor world, life expectancy was around 30 years in all regions of the world. Three massive waves of contagious disease. England saw serious outbursts of smallpox and typhus, anticipating decades. very serious diseases floating around in the early 19th Century. All medicines were toxic. It was cure or kill. Until 1868, the sale of drugs was practically

In the mid 1900’s, illnesses swept through the city of London and consumed the lives of many unknowing citizens. Any sickness or open wound was susceptible to a fatal infection, which led the body to be taken over by millions of harmful bacteria (Fogel). Thanks to Alexander Fleming’s encounter of penicillin, we no longer have to worry about this. Penicillin serves as a life-saving, bacteria killing drug that is responsible for the lives of millions. Plus, it played a major role in furthering the effectiveness of medicine. Alexander Fleming’s miraculous discovery of penicillin saved a countless amount of lives and was the basis for progressing medicine.

In 1928 Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin when he left a plate of staphylococcus uncovered on a plate for two weeks. He was a chemist studying enzyme lysozyme, and rarely kept his laboratory clean. Instead of what one would assume would happen if one left a deadly disease unattended, penicillium notatum, similar to the mold on bready, had killed a large portion of the disease the bacteria. Fleming drew the conclusion that penicillin notatum could potentially treat bacterial infections by somehow killing off the bacteria, which led to testing and eventually mass-marketing of the product penicillin. (American Chemical Society, Alexander Fleming Discovery and

Infections and illnesses that were once fatal could now be easily treated with Penicillin (Eickhoff 1). Before the antibiotic boom, people’s lives succumbed to infections and diseases while in the 21st century a simple antibiotic and rest could cure within a couple of days. From the beginning of time disease and infection consumed people's thoughts and fears. They were sickened by the thought of ever catching a horrendous illness. Every cold and cough could their last, but because of penicillin and antibiotics, people of today are not frightened for their lives over a slight fever. One Patient with Ludwig’s angina on the floor of her mouth could barely breathe. Usual patients would suffocate but with the aid of Penicillin, she could breathe again within a 36 hour period (Koop 1). Once again proving the potency of the miraculous drug. Moreover, “the technologies developed for the production of penicillin, including both microbial strain selection and improvement plus chemical engineering methods responsible for successful submerged fermentation production. These became the basis for production of all subsequent antibiotics in use today (Demain 1)”. Penicillin is perhaps one of the greatest things to happen to the world. It has prolonged so many lives by not only as a drug but as jumpstarting the technology and machinery for the ever evolving world of health and medicine. Penicillin is one of the

In 1928, Alexander Fleming returned from holiday to find that the petri dishes full of bacteria that he had left unattended had grown significantly, except for a region directly around a mold colony on one of the petri dishes. He inferred that this may have had something to do with a substance secreted by the mold. It turns out he was correct, and had inadvertently discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic. However, he did not fully realize its potential to be used to treat disease, and was mainly concerned with its ability to kill some bacteria, while leaving resistant strains alive, essentially helping to isolate single strains of bacteria, especially interesting to him, as a bacteriologist.

Technology contributes greatly to the field of medicine. The medical field has been improved tremendously by the use of technology and new data that has been researched. Throughout the last century, scientists and researchers have been able to understand more about diseases, viruses, and vaccines. Doctors are now are capable of treating diseases with antibiotics to cure them and new vaccines to prevent several diseases and viruses. Using the new technology that has been created in the past few years, we can now perform surgeries that are safer and more effective. A fairly new way of obtaining organs for transplants and surgeries is using organs that have been printed out from a 3D printer using recycled cells. Overall, the medical advancements that have been created over the last several years have improved the medical field immensely, in several ways.

When Alexander Fleming left for vacation in September of 1928 his lab was a complete mess. Fleming returned to his laboratory one month later he examined every petri dish that was covered in mold. One petri dish was full of the staphylococci culture. This particular culture had grown a small tuft of yellow-green mold. There was a ring around the mold when he looked closer. Fleming experimented further and found that the dish was bacteria free. That was caused by a rare spore called Penicillium notatum. This will go on to be called penicillin.

Back in the 1200’s the human race had just discovered the circulation of blood. That shows how far we have come with modern medicine. Things like vaccines and even genetics such as DNA would never have been discovered if it was not for

Antibiotics have become the mainstay of our defense against bacterial infections. They revolutionized medical care in the 20th century and become miracle drug of the modern medicine. In 1928, British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming serendipitously discovered penicillin in molds that had contaminated a dish used to grow bacteria in his lab. The dish was