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Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS [2] (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.
Sample of penicillin mould presented by Alexander Fleming to Douglas Macleod in 1935. The discovery of penicillin was one of the most important scientific discoveries in the history of medicine. Ancient societies used moulds to treat infections and in the following centuries many people observed the inhibition of bacterial growth by moulds.
Alexander Fleming in his laboratory at St Mary's Hospital, London. While working at St Mary's Hospital, London in 1928, Alexander Fleming, a Scottish physician was investigating the variation of growth in cultures of S. aureus. [21] In August, he spent the summer break with his family at his country home The Dhoon at Barton Mills, Suffolk.
Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming as a crude extract of P. rubens. [6] Fleming's student Cecil George Paine was the first to successfully use penicillin to treat eye infection (neonatal conjunctivitis) in 1930.
BBC Children in Need/Comic Relief/Getty Images. The brand-new project will hold a special meaning to Prince William due to the location. The Fleming Centre will be located at St Mary’s Hospital ...
Electrocardiography: Alexander Muirhead (1869) [143] [144] Discovery of Staphylococcus: Sir Alexander Ogston (1880) [145] Discovering insulin: John Macleod (1876–1935) with others [10] The discovery led him to be awarded the 1923 Nobel prize in Medicine. [146] Penicillin: Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) [9]
In 1929 Alexander Fleming developed one of the most commonly used antibiotic substances both at the time and now: penicillin. [10] In 1939 Gerhard Domagk found Prontosil red protected mice from pathogenic streptococci and staphylococci without toxicity. Domagk received the Nobel Prize in physiology, or medicine, for the discovery of the sulfa ...
Fleming is a surname of Scottish, Irish and English origin, indicating an ultimate descent from a Flemish immigrant, ... Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), ...