humiliation of being defeated at their home ground with all the advantages of familiar terrain and features of the area. However‚ this did not provide enough advantage to the Americans who had already felt that they had been defeated. During the course of the war‚ the Americans then started employing these advantages as most of their attacks were militia planned and did not follow the order that was in the British army. The use of militia greatly helped to boost the American soldier’s spirit as they
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Impact from Penicillin Everyone in this world is here because of one factor‚ and that is penicillin. Penicillin is a drug that is used in most‚ if not all antibiotics. Sir Alexander Fleming is credited with the discovery because of an accidental mistake during a scientific study on Penicillium Notatum mold. While returning from a holiday break on September 3‚ 1928‚ Fleming never knew he would be discovering the drug that has saved a countless number of lives throughout time. Penicillin has had the
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Gaugamela was the perfect battlefield for Darius’s army and both leaders knew this. But‚ Alexander decided to take his chances and try to end the war with this battle on Darius’s land. As the Macedonian army set up camp overnight‚ Alexander was advised by his right-hand man Parmenion to attack Darius at that moment (Grant). It would have been the perfect surprise attack on the Persian army but‚ Alexander declined and said a surprise attack would be considered stealing a victory‚ so he decided to
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hard for our civilization to appreciate the medical advancements we have today due to the invention of penicillin‚ the medical miracle. Penicillin was considered the miracle cure when it was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928 and it saved several lives including our soldiers but have we abused this medical miracle? However‚ it is imperative for our civilization to understand how penicillin was invented‚ the war it saved‚ and the resistance that it has sir come. Alexander Fleming was born
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Penicillin Essay (25marks) Considered to be the first of the antibiotic medicines‚ and the first important commercial product to be produced by an aerobic‚ submerged fermentation‚ penicillin (as originally coined) strictly refers to the antimicrobial agent produced naturally by the microbe Penicilium notatum; a form of filamentous fungus. Originally discovered by Ernest Duschesne in 1896‚ it was later ‘rediscovered’ by Alexander Flemming in 1928‚ who was then credited for the discovery – though
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1. INTRODUCTION Here stated is the introduction for penicillin notatum which makes clear the reason for selecting this microorganism for this term paper .Species of Penicillium are ubiquitous saprobes‚ whose numerous conidia are easily distributed through the atmosphere and are common in soils. In soil analyses‚ using dilution plate techniques‚ Penicillium species are detected with high frequency (Domsch et al.‚ 1993). However‚ very little is known of interactions between Penicillium species and
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Lincoln for the Republican party‚ John Breckinridge from the Southern Democratic party‚ John Bell from the Constitutional Union party‚ and Stephen Douglas from the Northern Democratic party. Abraham Lincoln ended up winning the election. The South did not favor Lincoln‚ so when he was elected the southern states decided to secede. The seceding of the South sparked controversy‚ and thus came the civil war. Abraham Lincoln served as president for 5 years. He served from 1861-1865. He was most famous
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and send the bulk of the army. There was a mere handful sent to face the French along the frontier‚ and the rest‚ over a million men‚ were sent to go for the vast encirclement of the French army‚ since it was seemingly impossible for the Germans to win a protracted defensive war against the french and Russians. They hoped to invade France‚ but to do so‚ they had to maneuver pass the french border‚ and invade Belgium. After that’s done‚ they would attack France. When they have succeeded‚ they would
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The early twentieth century led to the discovery of penicillin‚ which revolutionized the use of curative agents to combat many bacterial contagions found around the globe. This was particularly useful in 1943 when the War Production Board outlined a plan to mass-produce a powdered formula of the drug to aid in the WWII American war effort.1 Penicillin’s use on Allied forces in the field reduced the number of amputations and deaths by an estimated 12-15%.2 Despite penicillin’s continued use today
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Why did William win the battle of Hastings? In this essay I am writing about why William Duke of Normandy won the battle of Hastings. At the time of Edward the confessor there were three claimants to the English throne. One of the claimants was Harold’s. He believed he should be on the throne because he was Edward the confessor’s brother; he was born in England and was the most powerful English earl. The next claimant was William duke of Normandy. William believed he should be king because Edward
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