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    Looking back at Revolutionary War‚ you might question how America successfully defeated the British considering the British army was the best trained and equipped‚ and possibly the most professional army in the world. In contrast‚ America was in a state of disorganization when it came to economics and politics. The national government as a whole was greatly powerless. Unlike the British army‚ the American army was inadequately trained‚ had little supplies‚ and was not paid very well. Practically

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    Penicillin V

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    Penicillin V (generic name) is an antibiotic drug largely used in pharmacy practice‚ belonging to the Penicillin group of drugs. There are many other drugs that are also in the Penicillin family such as amoxicillin‚ ampicillin‚ carbenicillin‚ dicloxacillin and oxacillin. These are used in patients to treat bacterial infections. (https://www.drugs.com/penicillin.html). Penicillin was discovered by chance by Alexander Fleming in 1928 when Penicillium spores had been introduced to the culture medium

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    The History of Penicillin

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    Penicillin is one of the earliest discovered and widely used antibiotic agents‚ derived from the Penicillium mold. Antibiotics are natural substances that are released by bacteria and fungi into the their environment‚ as a means of inhibiting other organisms - it is chemical warfare on a microscopic scale. Sir Alexander Fleming Alexander Fleming born August. 6‚ 1881 ‚ Darvel‚ Scotland died March 11‚ 1955 ‚ London‚ England In 1928‚ Sir Alexander Fleming observed that colonies of the bacterium

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    How has the role of the Federal Government changed throughout American History based on the circumstances/events of the 20th Century? (i.e. Gilded Age‚ Progressive Era‚ Imperialism‚ Great War‚ Roaring 20s‚ Great Depression‚ WW II‚ Post-War etc..) The role of the Federal Government changed in various ways (Guilded age) to prevent monopoly corporate combinations‚ Congress created the Sherman Antitrust Act. It also regulates railroad rates under the Interstate Commerce Act. (Progressive era) The goal

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    Preparation of Penicillin

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    IV. MATERIALS AND METHODS Process Description The classical penicillin production process is an aerobic fermentation in fed batch fermenters made with some Penicillium strains‚ usually Penicillium chrysogenum (Nielson‚ 1997) that transforms substrates rich in carbohydrates into penicillin. As with other antibiotic production processes (Cunha et al.‚ 2002)‚ the penicillin process operated at antibiotics involves four stages. The incubation of the culture strain provides the seed that grows in

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    Saul and the Israelites drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. The Philistines occupied one hill and The Israelites on the other‚ with the valley between them. Goliath was the champion that was to fight for the Philistines. Goliath was 9 feet tall and he had a bronze helmet on his head. Goliath had about 5000 shekels of armor that he was wearing which is 125 pounds. The blade of his spear was 15 pounds! Goliath shouted to all of Israel and said that he was a Philistine and the servants

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    Penicillin Discovery

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    Was the discovery of penicillin an accident? Who really discovered penicillin? Many believe that penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming‚ although he sparked the research for penicillin‚ he wasn’t the first. Penicillin had and still does have an effect on the medical world. Penicillin has a very rich history behind it‚ and it is still used world round. One significant story that led to the discovery of penicillin was the one of Alexander Fleming. Although Alexander Fleming is credited for

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    talk about Heinrich Himmler‚ Adolf Eichmann‚ and Rudolf Hess‚ who were Nazi Party leaders and officials and were related to Adolf Hitler. I will also discuss who these people were and what they did‚ why they did these things‚ when they did these things‚ where they did these things‚ and perhaps how they did these things. The first of these officers was Heinrich Himmler. Himmler was the head of the Gestapo (German State Police) and the Waffen-SS (militarized units of SS‚ which stands for Schutzstaffel

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    History of Penicillin

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    History of Penicillin Introduction Penicillin’s discovery Early testing of Penicillin First Clinical Trials of Penicillin Penicillin Today History of Penicillin In today’s modern world we have an abundance of different antibiotics at our disposal to be used for our diverse medical conditions. One such drug is Amicacin. Often administered intravenously‚ Amicacin is mostly used to treat bacterial infections. Another antibiotic medication used

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    was wounded in battle‚ no matter how minor the wound. This death sentence was caused by wound infections‚ and the doctors in the field hospitals were working fervently to save lives. Alexander Fleming was one of those doctors. Alexander Fleming attended the Royal Polytechnic Institute in London. After receiving an inheritance from a family member‚ he was able to attend St. Mary’s Hospital medical school. Mr. Fleming used his training from medical school to help him in the Royal Army Medical Corp

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