Howard Florey, Baron Florey Essays

  • The Factor of War in the Development of Penicillin

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    the development of Penicillin, but he did recognise its importance and published his findings. Florey and Chain were scientists. They stumbled across Fleming's research papers and were intrigued by his findings. They were sure that, if Fleming was right, this discovery could save a lot of lives, prevent pain and make it much easier to fight infectious diseases and prevent other infections. Florey and Chain developed a system of growing penicillin: which was complicated initially, and tested

  • The Origin, Etiology and Treatment of Syphilis

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    The Origin, Etiology and Treatment of Syphilis “And this disease of which I speak, this syphilis too will pass away and die out, but later it will be born again and be seen again by our grandchildren just as in bygone ages we must believe it was observed by our ancestors.” – Fracastoro, 1538 1 It has been written about, debated over, and has affected every culture it has come into contact with. One can only be amazed when examining the microscopic syphilis bacterium. It traveled the seas of 1492