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RefNoHF/1/3/12/2/10
Previous numbers98HF.46.2.10
LevelItem
TitleN G Heatley, Northern Regional Research Lab, Peoria to J C Woodruff, Merck and Co, New Jersey
Date6 October 1941
DescriptionIs sending slope culture of strain of Staphylococcus aureus used in penicillin assay - comments on this - important to have way of comparing activity of different penicillin preparations in different laboratories - discusses possibility of using the ordinary dilution test carried out with a specified strain of test organism - thinks it would be better to compare material with a standard preparation of penicillin - comments on this - comments on penicillin assay technique they described in Lancet, 16 August 1941 - will tell Dr Raper of Woodruff's suggestion that some of the penicillium by lyophilised.
Extent2pp
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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