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Fleming, Florey and Chain shared the The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
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An earthenware culture vessel for the large-scale production of penicillin circa 1941,
made by J. Macintyre and Co., oblong in shape with cylindrical spout, glazed in the interior -- 22.5 x 28 x 6cm. (8 7/8 x 11 x 2 3/8in.); a variety of cuttings of paper advertising for penicillin from 1944 and 1945 (some undated) for Squibb, Merck, Schenley Laboratories, Lederle Laboratories, CSC and others; British Medical Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 1 [Penicillin 1929-1943]. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd. for The British Council, 1944. Folio. Half-tone illustrations. Original printed wrappers; and FLOREY, Howard W. Nobel Lecture on Penicillin. Stockholm: Royal Press, P.A. Norstedt and Sons, 1947. 8vo. Half-tone illustrations. Original printed wrappers. OFFPRINT ISSUE A lot
made by J. Macintyre and Co., oblong in shape with cylindrical spout, glazed in the interior -- 22.5 x 28 x 6cm. (8 7/8 x 11 x 2 3/8in.); a variety of cuttings of paper advertising for penicillin from 1944 and 1945 (some undated) for Squibb, Merck, Schenley Laboratories, Lederle Laboratories, CSC and others; British Medical Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 1 [Penicillin 1929-1943]. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd. for The British Council, 1944. Folio. Half-tone illustrations. Original printed wrappers; and FLOREY, Howard W. Nobel Lecture on Penicillin. Stockholm: Royal Press, P.A. Norstedt and Sons, 1947. 8vo. Half-tone illustrations. Original printed wrappers. OFFPRINT ISSUE A lot
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