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RefNoHF/1/3/2/3/11
Previous numbers98HF.35.3.11
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Howard Walter Florey to Wallace E Herrell, Rochester, Minnesota
Date6 September 1943
DescriptionHas been in Africa using penicillin on war wounds, with interesting results - interested that Herrell is getting good results by continuous intravenous method with smaller dosage that that they use - comments on this - hopes to visit USA soon - asks Herrell to tell Balfour that he should be honoured to give a Foundation lecture.
Written on verso of a letter from Herrell to Florey, 14 May 1943: says that some of the penicillin used may have been of greater potency than stated - large amounts not necessary for ordinary infections when administered by the continuous intravenous method.
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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