RefNoHF/1/19/5/1/6
Previous numbers98HF.208.1.6
LevelItem
TitleLetter from L P Garrod, Pathology Department, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London to Howard Walter Florey, School of Pathology, Oxford
Date12 February 1954
DescriptionWill send paper for P W Kent to referee - comments on paper by Heatley and Florey, 1953, on cephalosporin N - sceptical about Merck's suggestion [that cephalosporin N be tested on patients allergic to other penicillins] - comments on action of antibiotics manufacturers concerning Magnamycin and tetracycline and the vogue for mixtures of different antibiotics - discusses penicillin allergy and the use of anti-histamine to desensitise patients - could come to Oxford on 24th to discuss Merck's suggestion.
Extent2pp
AccessStatusOpen
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