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Penicillin in a case, 1944-1945.

Object Description

This case contains an ampoule of the First International Standard (1945) of penicillin, five ampoules of early crystalline penicillin and one sample of an undefined potency. Penicillin samples of undefined potency were collected from government agencies and industrial manufacturers in Britain and the USA by the Department of Biological Standards (DBS) at the National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead, in 1944, in order to determine an International Standard.


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Object Information

Language
en

Date
1944-1945

Publisher
Science Museum London

Rights
Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library -- All rights reserved.

Identifier
Inventory No.: 1993-1386. Image No. 10290346.

Type
image

Source
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