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RefNoHF/1/3/2/18/98
Previous numbers98HF.36.4.98
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Howard Walter Florey to Edward Mellanby, Medical Research Council, London
Date29 April 1944
DescriptionSays that question of having a scientific information officer attached to the MRC should be dealt with - sensational stuff being submitted to press - discusses press enquiries - should be able to refer enquiries to someone - speed in the publication of scientific snippets not important - should find out what the content of a statement amounts to - Chain heard that German radio had announced that some German had been decorated for discovering penicillin - as far as he knows the Germans have not used penicillin in the fighting - discusses a report from Hastings.
Extent2pp
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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