Iranian Philosopher Bayezid-i Bistâmî emphasized the importance of research by saying, “Every seeker cannot find, but those who find are among those who seek”; Scottish scientist Fleming discovered penicillin, which he had been researching for years, albeit by accident, thanks to the clutter of his room. But do you know how important the place of penicillin in human life is?
Inventions such as insulin, aspirin, morphine, rabies vaccine, and smallpox vaccine were important medical advances that improved the quality and duration of life for us humans. no doubt today most used antibiotic in the world Penicillin, which is also the most important invention in the medical world.
with you today How and by whom was penicillin discovered?We’ll talk about things like what it does.
Discovery of penicillin in a messy room
Penicillin was invented in 1928 by a Scottish scientist. Alexander Fleming Discovered by. Just like Fleming, we can say that many scientists have been working on penicillium for years, but we cannot say that they found exactly what they were looking for.
Fleming, one of the scientists working on penicillium, an extremely disorganized workerwas. He would work scattered for days, organize his work environment in a few hours, and after 5 minutes he would lose all order again. No one predicted that this mess would lead to the discovery of humanity’s destined penicillin, and to Fleming the title of Sir and the Nobel Prize.
In 1927, Fleming started to organize his messy work environment; that fungi can destroy some harmful bacteria and focused his work in this direction. Fleming, who discovered penicillin a year later in 1928, used penicillin in 1930 with his student, Doctor Cecil George Paine, for eye infections and had a successful result.
ring release of penicillin
Nobel Prize in Medicine
Like many important inventions, penicillin was not made available to the public at first. Penicillin, Until 1945, only in the military field used. Penicillin, which was used by the Allied Powers especially in the Second World War, healed the wounds of many soldiers injured in the war.
Penicillin, which was first introduced to the public in Australia and then in the United States, just after the war ended. the world’s most preferred antibioticis
Uses of penicillin
penicillium fungus
from penicillium fungus drug called penicillin by Fleming because it is produced; It is used in the treatment of many diseases, especially pneumonia, lung inflammation, ear infections, bladder and kidney inflammation, skin infections, meningitis, anthrax disease, bone and joint inflammation and sexually transmitted infections.
Financial aspects of penicillin and allergies
Penicillin; In terms of both production and storage, it is a drug that is called very cheap compared to many drugs. However, considering the yield obtained, penicillin is cheap and effective is referred to as a drug.
It is very effective against infections, compared to other drugs. less toxic effect Penicillin can cause allergic reactions in some people. According to a published report; About 1% of people are allergic to penicillin. The fatal allergic reaction rate in this 1% rate is only 0.03%.
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