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Penicillins

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Antibacterial agents

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Images about Penicillins

107 images from works
  • Orbenin : oral penicillin for resistant staphylococci.
  • Identification and dosage card for the new BRL Penicillins.
  • Penicillium mould, spore production, SEM
  • SEM Penicillium mould & spores, close-up
  • Venetian Albarello drug jar c 1590 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance.
  • A new product of British research from Beecham : Talpen a major advance on ampicillin.
  • Penbritin for injection : broad spectrum penicillin.
  • Simple penicillin therapy for infants and children : 'Liquacillin' : penicillin powder with diluent. Buffered.
  • A call for combined penicillin/streptomycin injection...is a call for Crystamycin.
  • Sulpenin V widens the antibacterial spectrum of Penicillin V.
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Works from the collections

270 works

    • Books

    The history of penicillin production / Maxwell C. Brockmann [and others] ; Albert L. Elder, editor.

    | Date: [1970]
    • Books

    The development of penicillin in the Netherlands 1940-1950 : the pivotal role of NV Nederlandsche Gist- en Spiritusfabriek / Marlene Burns.

    Harding, Marlene Burns. | Date: 2005
    • Books

    Alexander Fleming : the man and the myth / Gwyn Macfarlane.

    Macfarlane, Gwyn, 1907-1987. | Date: 1985, ©1984
    • Ephemera

    Penicillin chewing gum A&H : maintains prolonged local concentration in the treatment of infections of the mouth ... / Allen & Hanburys Ltd.

    Allen & Hanburys. | Date: [1949]
    • Ephemera

    Postage stamps ephemera. Box 8C.

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Related topics

Drug Industry
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Alexander Fleming
History, 20th Century
United Kingdom
London
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Middlesex

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