Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.47 (647 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0750931531 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Educated at Hertford College, Oxford and at University College, London, he is chairman of the London Museums of Health and Medicine. . Kevin Brown has been Trust Archivist and Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum Curator at St Mary's NHS Trust, Paddington since 1989
About the Author Kevin Brown has been Trust Archivist and Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum Curator at St Mary's NHS Trust, Paddington since 1989. Educated at Hertford College, Oxford and at University College, London, he is chairman of the London Museums of Health and Medicine.
Five Stars GUSTAVO GOMEZ Good. This is an excellent history of the long road to the use of This is an excellent history of the long road to the use of penicillin for treating infectious diseases. The book provides interesting background about Fleming, his family, his career, and his personality that impacted his discovery of penicillin and influenced his attempts to isolate the drug in sufficient quantities for animal and clinical testing. Fleming's attempt to seek help with the purification of penicillin are
It revolutionized healthcare and turned the modest, self-effacing Fleming into a world hero. Now, sixty years after the antibiotic revolution, when there are fears that the days of antibiotics are numbered it has never been more timely to look at the beginnings.. The story of its development from a chance observation in 1928 by Alexander Fleming to a life-saving drug is compelling and exciting. Penicillin has affected the lives of everyone, and has exerted a powerful hold on the popular imagination since its first use in 1941. This book tells the story of the man and his discovery set against a background of the transformation of medical research from nineteenth-century individualism through to teamwork and modern-day international big business (pharmaceutical companies like Fisors, Distillers, or Beecham (Smith Kline))