Boon and Hawes, "Report on Penicillin Research and Production in the United States of America, March-April 1943"
- Date:
- 1943
- Reference:
- WF/TRC/02/115
- Part of:
- Wellcome Foundation Ltd
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
"This report gives the information obtained from American pharmaceutical manufacturers and others on matters dealing with the production of penicillin as a therapeutic agent by the fermentation of carbohydrate containing media by strains of Penicillium notatum and related organisms." (Introduction, p. 1).
Organizations and individuals visited:
Abbott Laboratories, Chester County Mushroom Laboratories, Hoffman LaRoche, Dr Chester S Keefer, Lederle Laboratories, Eli Lilly, Merck & Co Inc, Parke Davis, Chas. Pfizer & Co Inc, Dr A N Richards, Schering Corporation, S M A Corporation, E R Squibb & Sons, Fdk Stearns & Co, The Upjohn Company, US Dept of Agriculture Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Dr S A Waksman, and Winthrop Chemical Company.
Publication/Creation
1943
Physical description
1 file 28 numbered sheets, plus title page, plus tables and flow diagram sheets - all "photostats".
Related material
WF/TRC/02/114. For a report of a subsequent visit to USA (1944), by Dr Boon and Mr Jephcott, see WF/TRC/02/346.
Copyright note
Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores