2. BIOGRAPHY:BIOGRAPHY:
Fleming was born onFleming was born on
6 August 1881 at6 August 1881 at
Lochfield, a farmLochfield, a farm
nearnear Darvel,Darvel, inin
AyrshireAyrshire, Scotland., Scotland.
He was the third ofHe was the third of
the four children ofthe four children of
farmer Hughfarmer Hugh
FlemingFleming..
Fleming graduatedFleming graduated
fromfrom Loudoun moorLoudoun moor
school,school, DarvelDarvel
School,School, KilmarnockKilmarnock
AcademyAcademy,, andand thethe
Royal PolytechnicRoyal Polytechnic
institution.institution.
3. HeHe served throughoutserved throughout
World war 1World war 1 as a captainas a captain
in thein the Royal ArmyRoyal Army
Medical corpsMedical corps..
In 1918 he returned toIn 1918 he returned to
St Mary’s HospitalSt Mary’s Hospital,,
where he was electedwhere he was elected
Professor ofProfessor of
Bacteriology of theBacteriology of the
Univercity of LondonUnivercity of London inin
19281928..
In 1955, Fleming died atIn 1955, Fleming died at
his home in London of ahis home in London of a
heart attackheart attack. He was. He was
buried inburied in St Paul’sSt Paul’s
Cathedral.Cathedral.
4. How has the penicillin been
discovered:
• In 1928, Alexander made a
chance discovery from an
already discarded,
contaminated Petri dish. The
mold that had contaminated
the experiment turned out to
contain a powerful antibiotic,
penicillin.
• However, though Fleming was
credited with the discovery, it
was over a decade before
someone else turned penicillin
into the miracle drug for the
20th century.
Modern antibiotics are tested using a method similar to Fleming's discovery
Modern antibiotics are tested
using a method similar to
Fleming's discoveryMiracle cure.
5. A story about a boy and Fleming:
Once after a long day on the field the farmer Hugh
Fleming heard somebody shouting near a swamp. He
went there and saw a boy in the swamp sinking into
the mud and screaming. Hugh run to his horse for a
rope, to help the boy. He reached his goal.
A few days after that, a carriage stopped in front of
Fleming’s home. It was the father of the boy saved
by Hugh. He offered Hugh decent amount of money
but the farmer refused it. Suddenly the farmer’s son
came in and greeted the men. When the father of
the saved boy got that the young man was the
farmer’s son, he gave him money to study in a good
school.
The farmer’s son became a famous man – Alexander
Fleming.
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