Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming was born on August 6, 1881 at Lochfeild, a farm located near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland. Alexander was the third child out of four to father Hugh Fleming from his second marriage with Grace Stirling Morton. Alexander lost his dad at he age of seven. Alexander went to London Moor School and Darvel School. He earned a two year scholarship to Kilmarnock Academy before he m0oved to London. After he was working in a shipping office for four years. Alexander was 20 years old, when he recieved some money from his uncle John Fleming. His older brother Tom was a physician, and he suggested that his younger brother should follow the same steps as him. IN 1903 the younger Alexander went to St. Mary hospital Medical School in Paddington. He got a degree from the school with distinction in 1906.
Alexander had been private in London Scottish Regiment of Volunteer Force since 1900. He also was i rifle club at the medical school. The captain of the club suggested that he'd join St. Mary where he became assistant to bacteriologist.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming)
Alexander Fleming was a doctor and bacteriologist who discovered penicillin, receiving the Nobel Prize in 1945. Alexander had planned to become a surgeon, but a temporary position in the Inoculation Department at St. Mary's Hospital changed his path toward the new field of bacteriology. There, he developed his research skills under the guidance of bacteriologist and immunologist Sir Almroth Edward Wright, whose revolutionary ideas of vaccine therapy represented an entirely new direction in medical treatment. During World War I, Alexander served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He worked as a bacteriologist, studying wound infections in a makeshift lab that had been set up by Wright in Boulogne, France. Through his research there, Alexander discovered that antiseptics commonly used at the time were doing more harm than good, as their diminishing effects on the body's immunity agents largely outweighed their ability to break down harmful bacteria -- therefore, more soldiers were dying from antiseptic treatment than from the infections they were trying to destroy. Alexander recommended that, for more effective healing, wounds simply be kept dry and clean. However, his recommendations largely went unheeded.In 1928, he was growing lots of bacteria known as staphylococci on agar plates. (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/alexander_fleming_and_penicillin.htm) Alexander Fleming could be a bit slapdash, his lab was rather untidy, and he sometimes left the lids off his plates for a long time, letting the air in. Before going on holiday in 1928 Alexander made two mistakes. He didn't put all of his plates in bleach to sterilise them, and he left the lab windows open. When he came back from a holiday, Alexander noticed that lots of his culture plates were mouldy. Just before he put all the plates in the washing up to get clean, Fleming noticed something. Although lots of bacteria were growing on his plates, there was a clear ring in the jelly around some of the spots of mould – no bacteria were growing Something had killed the bacteria that was covering the jelly. Straight away Fleming saw that this might be important. He labelled and saved the plates.Fleming worked hard on his mould, Penicillium notatum. He squeezed out some 'mould juice' which he called penicillin. But he couldn't get much penicillin from the mould. It wouldn't keep - even in the fridge - and he couldn't prove it would actually kill bacteria and make people better. By 1934 Fleming gave up on penicillin and went on to do different work!
(http://history1900s.about.com/od/medicaladvancesissues/a/penicillin.htm)
I believe that penicillin changed the world. Now that Alexander Fleming invented penicillin our wounds can heal faster. We use penicillin today for many different things and all those different ways we use it it helps us.
Alexander had been private in London Scottish Regiment of Volunteer Force since 1900. He also was i rifle club at the medical school. The captain of the club suggested that he'd join St. Mary where he became assistant to bacteriologist.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming)
Alexander Fleming was a doctor and bacteriologist who discovered penicillin, receiving the Nobel Prize in 1945. Alexander had planned to become a surgeon, but a temporary position in the Inoculation Department at St. Mary's Hospital changed his path toward the new field of bacteriology. There, he developed his research skills under the guidance of bacteriologist and immunologist Sir Almroth Edward Wright, whose revolutionary ideas of vaccine therapy represented an entirely new direction in medical treatment. During World War I, Alexander served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He worked as a bacteriologist, studying wound infections in a makeshift lab that had been set up by Wright in Boulogne, France. Through his research there, Alexander discovered that antiseptics commonly used at the time were doing more harm than good, as their diminishing effects on the body's immunity agents largely outweighed their ability to break down harmful bacteria -- therefore, more soldiers were dying from antiseptic treatment than from the infections they were trying to destroy. Alexander recommended that, for more effective healing, wounds simply be kept dry and clean. However, his recommendations largely went unheeded.In 1928, he was growing lots of bacteria known as staphylococci on agar plates. (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/alexander_fleming_and_penicillin.htm) Alexander Fleming could be a bit slapdash, his lab was rather untidy, and he sometimes left the lids off his plates for a long time, letting the air in. Before going on holiday in 1928 Alexander made two mistakes. He didn't put all of his plates in bleach to sterilise them, and he left the lab windows open. When he came back from a holiday, Alexander noticed that lots of his culture plates were mouldy. Just before he put all the plates in the washing up to get clean, Fleming noticed something. Although lots of bacteria were growing on his plates, there was a clear ring in the jelly around some of the spots of mould – no bacteria were growing Something had killed the bacteria that was covering the jelly. Straight away Fleming saw that this might be important. He labelled and saved the plates.Fleming worked hard on his mould, Penicillium notatum. He squeezed out some 'mould juice' which he called penicillin. But he couldn't get much penicillin from the mould. It wouldn't keep - even in the fridge - and he couldn't prove it would actually kill bacteria and make people better. By 1934 Fleming gave up on penicillin and went on to do different work!
(http://history1900s.about.com/od/medicaladvancesissues/a/penicillin.htm)
I believe that penicillin changed the world. Now that Alexander Fleming invented penicillin our wounds can heal faster. We use penicillin today for many different things and all those different ways we use it it helps us.