Penicilina: Alexander Fleming
Penicilina: Alexander Fleming
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PENICILINA
ALEXANDER FLEMING
Much of the discoveries in the world of research originate casually. The same
happened with the discovery of penicillin.
Fleming was working with the bacteria called golden staphylococci, as we will
see, he discovered that the bacteria were destroyed by a very common fungus
caused by the decomposition of the substances. This British scientist
discovered, unintentionally, the bactericidal power (kill bacteria) of this mold
called Penicillium Notatum, that is, penicillin.
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Nombre: Lorena Guznay Saldaa
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ALEXANDER FLEMING
Alexander Fleming was a doctor and bacteriologist who discovered penicillin,
receiving the Nobel Prize in 1945.
Synopsis
Early Years
Fleming was a member of the Territorial Army, and served from 1900 to 1914 in
the London Scottish Regiment. He entered the medical field in 1901, studying at
St. Mary's Hospital Medical School at the University of London. While at St.
Mary's, he won the 1908 gold medal as the top medical student.
https://www.biography.com/people/alexander-fleming-9296894
The discovery of penicillin changed the world of medicine enormously. With its
development, infections that were previously severe and often fatal, like
bacterial endocarditis, bacterial meningitis and pneumococcal pneumonia, could
be easily treated. Even dating all the way back to World War II and today with
the war in Iraq, soldiers experienced injuries that would have been fatal without
penicillin and other antibiotics that were developed subsequently. It is really
impossible for me to imagine what the world would be like without penicillin. I
question whether there would be a discipline of infectious diseases as we know
it today.
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today/%7B15afd2a1-2084-4ca6-a4e6-7185f5c4cfb0%7D/penicillin-an-
accidental-discovery-changed-the-course-of-medicine
Nombre: Lorena Guznay Saldaa
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Many school children can recite the basics. Penicillin was discovered in London
in September of 1928. As the story goes, Dr. Alexander Fleming, the
bacteriologist on duty at St. Mary's Hospital, returned from a summer vacation
in Scotland to find a messy lab bench and a good deal more.
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881 - 1955), studying a test tube culture with a hand
lens. Photo by Chris Ware / Getty Images.
It took Fleming a few more weeks to grow enough of the persnickety mold that
he was able to confirm his findings. His conclusions turned out to be
phenomenal: there was some factor in the Penicillium mold that not only
inhibited the growth of the bacterium but, more important, could be harnessed
to combat infectious diseases.
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Nombre: Lorena Guznay Saldaa
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Conclusion
Sir Henry Harris in a BBC TV programme entitled Breaking the Mould, aired
July 2009.
Although revisionists have dismissed Fleming, Sir Henry Harris' quote really
explains why Fleming, Florey and Chain where given the Nobel Prize for
Medicine in 1945. Antibiotic sales today are estimated at more than 6 million a
year, and without the amazing knowledge gained from mycology the world
would be a very different place.
https://www.kew.org/blogs/library-art-and-archives/story-penicillin