10:23 AM
Alexander Fleming was born near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1881, a few weeks after Sheriff Pat Garrett killed his outlaw friend Billy the Kid in a house in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. He was the seventh of eight children who grew up on a large isolated farm, and who moved to London after the death of their father. His older brother Tom had a medical practice near Regent Street and apparently encouraged him to go to the nearby Polytechnic School and enter business. He spent four years in a shipping office, but eventually became bored and decided to use his qualifications to study medicine. He had a choice of many medical schools in the area and only chose St. Mary's, because he had once played water polo against them.In 1900, Fleming joined a Scottish regiment, intending to fight in the Boer War, which was being fought between the British and the Afrikaners of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. It is known that he never actually went to South Africa, but instead used the time to improve his skills in shooting, swimming, and water polo. After the war ended, his uncle died and left him 250 pounds which his brother encouraged him to put toward the study of medicine.
In 1905, he was pursuing a career in surgery, as Albert Einstein was trying to convince the world that light should be considered as a stream of tiny particles. Meanwhile back in St. Mary's, the Captain of the Rifle Club was concerned that if Fleming became a surgeon he would have to leave the hospital and his team would lose their best marksman. The Captain worked in the Inoculation Service of the hospital and he convinced Fleming to switch over to bacteriology in an effort to save his team. The unusual career move meant that Fleming would stay at St. Mary's for the rest of his career. He qualified with distinction in 1906 and began research under Sir Almroth Wright, who is remembered as a pioneer in vaccine therapy.
In 1905, he was pursuing a career in surgery, as Albert Einstein was trying to convince the world that light should be considered as a stream of tiny particles. Meanwhile back in St. Mary's, the Captain of the Rifle Club was concerned that if Fleming became a surgeon he would have to leave the hospital and his team would lose their best marksman. The Captain worked in the Inoculation Service of the hospital and he convinced Fleming to switch over to bacteriology in an effort to save his team. The unusual career move meant that Fleming would stay at St. Mary's for the rest of his career. He qualified with distinction in 1906 and began research under Sir Almroth Wright, who is remembered as a pioneer in vaccine therapy.
Posted in: Story
![[Valid Atom 1.0]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom 1.0 feed")
0 komentar:
Post a Comment