Lot Essay
During World War II Florey was appointed Honorary Consultant in Pathology to the British Army and travelled to North Africa to see how penicillin performed in the battlefield and helped war surgery.
Details
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.); 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;
The British Journal of Surgery. Special Issue Penicillin in Warfare. Vol. XXXII. London: John Wright and Sons Ltd. for The British Journal of Surgery, [1944]. 4to. Colour-printed and 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. (4)
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.); 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;
The British Journal of Surgery. Special Issue Penicillin in Warfare. Vol. XXXII. London: John Wright and Sons Ltd. for The British Journal of Surgery, [1944]. 4to. Colour-printed and 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. (4)
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