Introduction Penicillin is the world’s first wonder drug. If it wasn’t for this miracle that Sir Alexander Fleming discovered, you would be in great danger if you got an infection. Today, if you get an infection, you can be treated immediately with penicillin or other...
Have you ever been sick with strep throat, an ear or mouth infection, tuberculosis, or syphilis? If so, you had a bacterial infection and probably visited your doctor. He prescribed to you an antibiotic called penicillin. Penicillin is a life-saving drug and was the start...
Introduction Throughout history, numerous world-changing drug discoveries have been made and they often left profound, long-lasting impacts on the healthcare of the human population. Among many great drug discovery pioneers, Sir Howard Walter Florey (24 September 1898 – 21 February 1968), was responsible for the...
The discovery of penicillin in 1929 marked the beginning of the modern antibiotic era. Penicillin’s influence on modern medicine was immense, proving effective in curing previously fatal diseases, such as scarlet fever and syphilis, and giving rise to the antibiotic industry. However, though its antibiotic...
In one or the other way life on earth depends on pigments like how plants prepare their own food with chlorophyll and oxygen carried in the body with hemoglobin (Britton, 1995). Pigments as coloring agents was used from prehistoric times, it was proven when pigments...
Syphilis is an illness or a chronic bacterial disease that is contracted from sexual interaction or intercourse. According to the entitled: ‘The Appalling Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment’ due to the cultural embarrassment, a lot of different names was called for the disease. For example the German...
