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dramoor · 2 months
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"A British family went to Scotland one summer for a vacation. The mother and father were looking forward to enjoying the beautiful Scottish countryside with their son.
But one day the son wandered off all by himself and got into trouble. As he walked through the woods, he came across an abandoned swimming hole, and as most boys his age do, he took off his clothes and jumped in!
He was totally unprepared for what happened next. Before he had time to enjoy the pool of water, he was seized by a vicious attack of cramps. He began calling for help while fighting a losing battle with the cramps to stay afloat.
Fortunately, a farm boy was working in a nearby field. When he heard the frantic cries for help, he rescued the English boy and brought him to safety.
The father of the boy who had been rescued was of course very grateful. The next day, he went to meet the youth who had saved his son's life. As the two talked, the Englishman asked the brave lad what he planned to do with his future.
The boy answered, "I'll be a farmer like my father."
The grateful father said, "Is there something else you'd rather do?"
"Oh, yes!" answered the Scottish lad. "I've always wanted to be a doctor. But we are poor and could never afford to pay for the education."
"Never mind that," said the Englishman. "You shall have your heart's desire and study medicine. Make your plans, and I'll take care of the costs."
So, the Scottish lad did indeed become a doctor.
The legend of this fable says that years later, in December of 1943, Winston Churchill (the English boy) became deathly ill with pneumonia while in North Africa. His life was saved for a second time by the Scottish boy (Sir Alexander Fleming). This time with a new drug Fleming had invented, the first antibiotic, penicillin. Two years later under the unshakable leadership of Churchill, Britain and her Allies would defeat Hitler and the Nazis, ending the most diabolical regime in history."
~From Holy Moments
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mihaylovblog · 6 months
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28.09.1928 г. – Шотландският биолог и фармаколог сър Александър Флеминг открива пеницилина. Снимка: https://www.biography.com/
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Se la penicillina può curare i malati, lo sherry spagnolo può riportare i morti in vita.
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mantruffles · 1 year
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SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING
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bundibird · 1 year
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It's valentines day!!! Happy anniversary to the following notable historical events:
James Cook got murdered in Hawaii (1779)
Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin (1929)
Arizona became the 48th state of the union (1912)
1st trainload of fruit (oranges) left LA for the east coast (1889)
Decimal currency was introduced to Australia (1966)
And, of course, most importantly:
Dean and Cas got hitched (2021)
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scotianostra · 1 year
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On March 11th 1955 Sir Alexander Fleming died.
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, whose use has saved untold millions of lives. Less well-known is that before making this world-changing discovery, he had already made significant contributions to medical science.
In 1914 World War 1 broke out and Fleming, aged 33, joined the army, becoming a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, working in field hospitals in France.
There, in a series of brilliant experiments, he established that antiseptic agents used to treat wounds and prevent infection were actually killing more soldiers than the infections were!
The antiseptics, such as carbolic acid, boric acid and hydrogen peroxide, were failing to kill bacteria deep in wounds; worse, they were in fact lowering the soldier’s natural resistance to infection because they were killing white blood cells.
Fleming demonstrated that antiseptic agents were only useful in treating superficial wounds, but were harmful when applied to deep wounds.
Almroth Wright, Flemings mentor, believed that a saline solution – salt water – should be used to clean deep wounds, because this did not interfere with the body’s own defenses and in fact attracted white cells. Fleming proved this result in the field. They published their results, but most army doctors refused to change their ways, resulting in many preventable deaths.
Today Penicillin is not as robust at fighting antibodies as it once was, Fleming warned of this in his Nobel Prize winning speech in 1945 when he said "“It is not difficult to make microbes resistant to penicillin in the laboratory by exposing them to concentrations not sufficient to kill them, and the same thing has occasionally happened in the body. The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. Then there is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug make them resistant.”
Alexander Fleming died aged 73 of a heart attack in London on this day in955. His ashes were placed in St Paul’s Cathedral.
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charlotte-of-wales · 8 months
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PRINCE WILLIAM BECOMES PATRON OF THE APPEAL TO CREATE THE FLEMING CENTRE
Prince William has become Patron of a new appeal, launching today, to create The Fleming Centre which will drive a global movement to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
The Centre will be based at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, where Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic, in 1928 and changed the course of medicine forever. This important programme of work is being led by Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which includes St Mary's Hospital.
Antimicrobial resistance occurs when the microbes that cause infections develop resistance to treatments such as antibiotics and antifungals and already kills over one million people around the world each year. It has been caused by the widespread misuse and overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobials which has led to the global spread of drug-resistant microbes. If the problem is not resolved, it is estimated that by 2050, drug-resistant microbes will lead to around ten million deaths per year.
In order to effectively tackle antimicrobial resistance, global awareness and behaviour change is needed alongside scientific advances. The aim of The Fleming Initiative - the driving force behind the construction of an initial Centre in London - is to put society at the heart of solving this problem.
The Fleming Centre will deliver exhibitions and engagement activities to educate, inspire and catalyse action, convening diverse global voices and building consensus for change. At the Centre, scientists will work alongside patients, members of the public and policy makers to scope, test and scale solutions, so that antibiotics can continue to keep us all safe. It is hoped that this transformative approach at the London Centre will act as a blueprint which can be shared and adapted to local contexts around the globe.
In becoming Patron of the appeal to build the Centre, Prince William will support efforts over the next five years to make these ambitious plans to overcome global anti-microbial resistance a reality.
via Kensington Palace
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