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Sir Alexander Fleming[edit]
Sir Alexander Fleming was born in Lochfeild near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland, on august 6th 1881. He went to school at Louden Moor, Darvel, and Kilmarnock Academy, before moving to London where he attended the Polytechnic. After four years he entered St. Mary’s Medical School of London University. He qualified with distinction and in 1906 became a researcher under Sir Almroth Wright.
He gained M.B, B.S with Gold Medal in 1908. Until 1914 he was a lecturer at St. Mary’s. During World War 1 he served a captain in the Amy Medical Corps. In 1918 he returned to St. Mary’s where in 1928 he was elected Professor of the school. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1943, knighted in 1944, and he was elected Emeritus Professor of St. Mary’s in 1948.
Early on in his medical career Alexander Flemi8ng became interested in the natural bacterial action of the blood and antiseptics. He continued his studies through his military career and when he was demobilized he settled to work on antibacterial substances which would not be toxic to animal tissues. In 1921 he discovered “tissues and secretions” a bacterial substance which he named Lysozyme. Around this time he also devised sensitivity titration and assays in human blood and other body fluids. He often used this for titration of penicillin.
In 1928 while he was working on the influenza virus he discovered that mould had accidentally developed on a Staphylococcus culture plate, the mould had created a bacteria free circle around itself. Further investigation showed that a mould culture prevented growth of staphylococci, even if diluted 800 times. He named this penicillin.
He wrote many papers on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. He married Sarah Marion McElroy from Killala, Ireland in 1915. She died in 1949. They had a son who grew up to be a general medical practitioner (g.p). He married again in 1953, to Dr. Amalia Koutsouri- Voureka, who was a Greek colleague at St. Mary’s. Sir Alexander Fleming died on March 11th 1935, and as buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Awards of Alexander Flemming:
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons 1909 Fellow of Royal college of Physicians 1944 Hunterian Professor 1919 Arris and Gale Lecturer 1929 Honorary Gold Medal 1946 Williams Julius Mickle Fellowship 1942 Charles Mickle Fellowship 1944 John Scott Medal 1944 Cameron Prize 1945 Moxon Medal 1945 Cutter Lecturer 1945 Albert Gold Medal 1946 Royal Society of Medicine Gold Medal 1947 Medal of Merit 1947 Grand Cross of Alphonse X the Wise 1948
Sir Alexander Fleming was born at Lochfield near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland on August 6th, 1881. He attended Louden Moor School, Darvel School, and Kilmarnock Academy before moving to London where he attended the Polytechnic. He spent four years in a shipping office before entering St. Mary's Medical School, London University. He qualified with distinction in 1906 and began research at St. Mary's under Sir Almroth Wright, a pioneer in vaccine therapy. He gained M.B., B.S., (London), with Gold Medal in 1908, and became a lecturer at St. Mary's until 1914. He served throughout World War I as a captain in the Army Medical Corps, being mentioned in dispatches, and in 1918 he returned to St.Mary's. He was elected Professor of the School in 1928 and Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology, University of London in 1948. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1943 and knighted in 1944. Early in his medical life, Fleming became interested in the natural bacterial action of the blood and in antiseptics. He was able to continue his studies throughout his military career and on demobilization he settled to work on antibacterial substances which would not be toxic to animal tissues. In 1921, he discovered in «tissues and secretions» an important bacteriolytic substance which he named Lysozyme. About this time, he devised sensitivity titration methods and assays in human blood and other body fluids, which he subsequently used for the titration of penicillin. In 1928, while working on influenza virus, he observed that mould had developed accidently on a staphylococcus culture plate and that the mould had created a bacteria-free circle around itself. He was inspired to further experiment and he found that a mould culture prevented growth of staphylococci, even when diluted 800 times. He named the active substance penicillin. Sir Alexander wrote numerous papers on bacteriology, immunology and chemotherapy, including original descriptions of lysozyme and penicillin. They have been published in medical and scientific journals. Fleming, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (England), 1909, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), 1944, has gained many awards. They include Hunterian Professor (1919), Arris and Gale Lecturer (1929) and Honorary Gold Medal (1946) of the Royal College of Surgeons; Williams Julius Mickle Fellowship, University of London (1942); Charles Mickle Fellowship, University of Toronto (1944); John Scott Medal, City Guild of Philadelphia (1944); Cameron Prize, University of Edinburgh (1945); Moxon Medal, Royal College of Physicians (1945); Cutter Lecturer, Harvard University (1945); Albert Gold Medal, Royal Society of Arts (1946); Gold Medal, Royal Society of Medicine (1947); Medal for Merit, U.S.A. (1947); and the Grand Cross of Alphonse X the Wise, Spain (1948). He served as President of the Society for General Microbiology, he was a Member of the Pontifical Academy of Science and Honorary Member of almost all the medical and scientific societies of the world. He was Rector of Edinburgh University during 1951-1954, Freeman of many boroughs and cities and Honorary Chief Doy-gei-tau of the Kiowa tribe. He was also awarded doctorate, honoris causa, degrees of almost thirty European and American Universities. In 1915, Fleming married Sarah Marion McElroy of Killala, Ireland, who died in 1949. Their son is a general medical practitioner. Fleming married again in 1953, his bride was Dr. Amalia Koutsouri-Voureka, a Greek colleague at St. Mary's. In his younger days he was a keen member of the Territorial Army and he served from 1900 to 1914 as a private in the London Scottish Regiment. Dr Fleming died on March 11th in 1955 and is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. Scottish bacteriologist whose discovery of penicillin (1928) prepared the way for the highly effective practice of antibiotic therapy for infectious
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Welcome![edit]
Hi Abigail, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm curious about the artwork you've uploaded. For example, is Image:Shadow women red by Abigail O'Sullivan-Sehmi.jpg a watercolor that you painted, then photographed? dbenbenn | talk 07:07, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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The image you uploaded Image:French Coat-by Abigail O'Sullivan-Sehmi.jpg has been listed for deletion on WP:IFD. RedWolf 17:03, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)
