Bubonic plague: the first pandemic - Science Museum
WEBApr 25, 2019 · An international vaccine for a pandemic disease. From Hong Kong the epidemic spread to the major Indian ports. When the plague broke out in Bombay in colonial India in 1893, in the Nowroji Hill district, a Goan doctor called Acacio Viegas was the first to identify the disease as bubonic plague.
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The Iron Lung - Science Museum
WEBThe solution came from a team at Harvard University. The 'iron lung', as it was nicknamed, was a huge metal box attached to bellows in which the patient was encased. The continuous suction from the bellows kept the patient breathing. It soon became a feature of the polio wards of the mid-1900s.
Joseph Lister’s antisepsis system - Science Museum
WEBOct 14, 2018 · Joseph Lister, 1827–1912. Joseph Lister found a way to prevent infection in wounds during and after surgery. He was the first to apply the science of Germ Theory to surgery. Lister's Antisepsis System is the basis of modern infection control. His principles made surgery safe and continue to save countless lives.
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WEBThe museum is open daily from 10.00–18.00 (last entry 17.15). You are welcome to stay in the museum as long as you like, but an average visit lasts around two hours. Galleries start to close 30 minutes before the museum closes.
How was penicillin developed? - Science Museum
WEBFeb 23, 2021 · Florey, Chain and members of the Oxford penicillin team. After three years of trial and error, they developed a successful but painfully inefficient process that produced pure penicillin. The team finally had enough penicillin to start animal trials. In 1940, eight mice were infected with deadly streptococci bacteria.
The Microscope - Science Museum
WEBAug 19, 2019 · The EM2/1 electron microscope was made in Manchester in 1947. Science Museum Group Collection. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) The scanning electron microscope, or SEM, uses electrons rather than light for image formation. The sample is dehydrated and coated with a thin layer of a conductive material, such as gold.
Smallpox and the story of vaccination | Science Museum
WEBSmallpox vaccination is based on a thousand-year old technique called inoculation, in which a small sample of infected matter is deliberately introduced into the body in order to prevent the full disease from developing. A vaccine stops you from getting an infectious disease by stimulating your body's immune system to produce chemicals called ...
Ahoy! Alexander Graham Bell and the first telephone call
WEBOn 7 March 1876, Bell was granted US patent 174465A, for a method of transmitting speech by telegraphy—the telephone. The decision has been disputed by scholars ever since, although a 2020 paper by Benjamin Lathrop Brown has argued that recently unearthed archival sources prove Bell’s priority. Whether this will finally settle a 150-year ...
Electrifying: The story of lighting our homes | Science Museum
WEBJan 28, 2020 · The Costume of Great Britain: Lamplighter by WH Pyne, 1808 Despite significant advances benefitting the rich (such as a much brighter oil lamp with a circular wick developed by Ami Argand in 1780), real change in lighting our streets and homes only came when lighting technology began to develop on an industrial scale: first as gas lighting at the end of the 18th century and then as electric ...
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