Sir Alexander Fleming was born in Lochfield, Scotland on August 6th, 1881. He attended St. Mary's Medical School in London. It was in St. Mary's, where Sir Alexander Fleming began his research. Early in his medical life, Fleming became interested in the natural bacterial action of the ...

America is in the midst of a culture war, and one of the latest skirmishes occurred between the houses and hedgerows surrounding the Smithsonian Museum. On one side were the members of a growing numbers of acedemians and cultural theorists who believe that American should not be honored a...

Medical Technology Advances "First the surgeon would cut off the blood flow with a tourniquet. After that he would take a scalpel and slice through the outlying tissue and flesh. Then he would use a hacksaw-like tool called a capital saw to saw through the bone. It had replaceable blades. ...