How would it feel to save a life? How would it feel to save a few? Imagine saving millions. Alexander Fleming knew that all too well. Although his name should sound familiar, most people know very little about him, if anything at all. Just as discoveries can lead to inventions, inventions can sometimes lead to discoveries. In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. Prior to his discovery, patients with infections or trivial injuries often died. A doctor would have to watch, wait,
Beyond the images of child labor and intense impoverishment that lingered around the 1920s, an era of antibiotics emerged. Sir Alexander Fleming, a bacteriologist from London, created a medicine that pioneered the path for growth in the medical field, penicillin. His discovery of the revolutionizing drug was nothing more than by chance. Fleming was a captain of the Royal Army Medical Corps, in addition to his medical background. During his wartime experiences, when having to treat soldiers with terminal
Alexander Fleming was born on August 6, 1881 to Hugh Fleming and Grace Morton. His parents shared the same occupation as farmers. He was born on a rural farm in Lochfield in East Ayrshire Scotland. Alexander or Alec as his family called him had three siblings Grace, John and Robert. He also had four half siblings Jane, Hugh, Thomas, and Mary who were from his father’s previous marriage. Alexander’s education began at Loudoun Moor School, then he moved to a larger school called Darvel School. He
Sir Alexander Fleming changed the world of medicine not only in his days but also in the world today. We have the medicines and antibiotics that we have today because of Alexander Fleming. His discovery was much needed in the world and I hate to think where we would be in the medicine world if he hadn’t discovered penicillin. Alexander Fleming was born on August 6, 1881 in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was born on Lochfield Farm, which was his family’s farm. Alex was the seventh of eight children
Alexander Fleming and Penicillin: An Accidental Discovery The discovery of penicillin was a huge scientific advance which brought ourselves into the new era of medicine, it completely broke down the difficulties of people being able to tackle disease with just the strength of their own immune system. Sir Alexander Fleming was a world-renowned bacteriologist who built a “permanent change to infectious disease research and therapeutic medicine” (Bennet and Chung, 2001, p163). He did this through discovering
as Alexander Fleming, howard Florey, and Andrew Morer to perfect the growth and use of penicillin, making it a widely available form of medicine. Penicillin was first discovered By Alexander Fleming in September of 1928. In the article “Not-so-dumb Luck” Jessica Lane explains “When he peered into the dish, Fleming saw a ring around the mold. After some experimentation, he found that the ring was bacteria-free, and that the mold was a rare spore called penicillium notatum.” Alexander Fleming had
Penicillin was accidentally discovered at St. Mary's Hospital, London in 1929 by Dr. Alexander Fleming. As test continued, Fleming began to realize that he was on the verge of a great discovery. However, he still did not know the identity of the fungus, and had little knowledge of fungi. His crude extracts could be diluted 1,000 times and still be effective in killing bacteria. After years of working on penicillin and going nowhere, many of his co-workers grew tired of hearing about it. The first
The Carleton Prize for Biotechnology Nomination Alexander Fleming, a name often connected to the evolution of medicine. Perhaps one of the most impactful and influential scientific researchers of the 20th century thus making him the most deserving to receive The Carleton Prize for Biotechnology. Providing enormous advances in the understanding of human biology through his findings of Lysozyme and Benzyl penicillin (The Nobel Foundation, 1945). Lysozyme has acted as a stepping stool for scientists
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 is an antibiotic medicine used to treat harmful bacteria and infections inside and outside of your body. Alexander Fleming, a bacteriologist, discovered it in the early 1900s. As stated by Brittany Connors on page 125 of “The Discovery of Penicillin: The True Story”, “Fleming often admitted that he discovered Penicillin by accident, and that all of the work was done by nature.” Although the finding of this cure may have been an accident, it’s use case has helped save many lives and keep