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Jan 27, 2023 · Updated: 27th January 2023. Alexander Fleming was part of the Royal Army Medical Corps throughout the First World War. Over this time, he worked as a bacteriologist. Many soldiers died because of infections from their wounds and so he studied why this was happening. This led to one of Alexander Fleming’s first significant discoveries.
Sep 27, 2013 · In World War I, the death rate from bacterial pneumonia was 18 percent; in World War II, it fell, to less than 1 percent. This is the penicillin table in a U.S. evacuation hospital in Luxembourg ...
One of the most comprehensive World War 1 documentary series ever made recalls the causes conduct, and aftermath of "The War to End All Wars". Along with the social, political, and economic fabric of the times, the roles of key figures are analyzed in depth. Produced during the Golden Age of CBS TV documentaries, this series, narrated by Robert Ryan, contains some of the highest quality World ...
October 2, 2007. ( 2007-10-02) The War is a seven-part American television documentary miniseries about World War II from the perspective of the United States. The program was directed by American filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, written by Geoffrey Ward, and narrated primarily by Keith David. [1] It premiered on September 23, 2007.
Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS [1] (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin. His discovery in 1928 of what was later named benzylpenicillin (or penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium rubens ...
Oct 16, 2018 · Hitler has the cross above his head. Image credit: Commons. During World War One, Hitler served in the Bavarian army, despite his Austrian citizenship. His experiences in war years helped reinforce many of his attitudes that would later emerge when he became leader of the Nazi Party. He left Vienna in order to avoid being conscripted into the ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Frederick Douglass (born February 1818, Talbot county, Maryland, U.S.—died February 20, 1895, Washington, D.C.) was an African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself.
