So many innovations have come across before our very eyes as the course of history went on through millions and millions of years. From the first wheel to the new and latest version of the iPhone, so many ideas and discoveries have sprung forth and…
Penicillin Essay Examples and Topics
The antibiotic properties of Penicillin are a major advancement in the studies of pathogenic diseases and have revolutionised antibiotic treatments. However, certain bacterial species have adapted and developed resistance to its antibacterial effects . Extraction and evaluation of the secondary metabolite Penicillium chrysogenum, enabled the compounding of research…
There have been many impressive advancements in the field of chemistry in the past 100 years, such as the discovery of DNA, the contraceptive pill and polythene. However, it is widely believed that the most impactful advancement was the discovery and development of penicillin, one…
Medicine has been improving over the years, treatments and procedures became safer and more efficient, medications began to be mass produced and of course more effective and accessible to people. These advances would have not been possible without those scientists that through history had make…
Introduction So many innovations have come across before our very eyes as the course of history went on through millions and millions of years. From the first wheel to the new and latest version of the iPhone, so many ideas and discoveries have sprung forth…
History of Health Care: Penicillin, Stethoscope, Vaccination
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Discovery of Penicillin Penicillin is a group of antibiotics — which includes: penicillin G, penicillin V, procaine penicillin, and benzathine penicillin — that attack a wide range of bacterial infections. Penicillin antibiotics is one of the first medications that is effective against many bacterial infections…
A Historical Tale on the Extension of Life: the Discovery of Penicillin
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It was the first naturally-occurring antibiotic discovered – and the first to be used therapeutically. An antibiotic is any substance produced by a microorganism which can kill or inhibit the growth of a different microorganism. We now call such substances, and any similarly-acting substances which…