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RefNoHF/1/19/6/31/5
Previous numbers98HF.214.6.5
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Howard Walter Florey to H R Ing, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford
Date1 October 1963
DescriptionHas received Ing's letter asking about the start of penicillin work - suggests that Ing read Chapter 15 of 'Antibiotics' - did not start work on the penicilllins because of sulphonamides but difficult to deny that the existence of these probably initiated his general thinking - once it was demonstrated that chemical substances could affect bacteria in the body, no reason to think similar substances might exist.
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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