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Breakthrough : [electronic resource] the true story of penicillin / Francine Jacobs ; illustrated with photographs.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Dodd, Mead, c1985.Description: 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0396085792
  • 9780396085799
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Breakthrough.; Online version:: Breakthrough.DDC classification:
  • 615/.32923 19
LOC classification:
  • RS165.P38 J33 1985
Online resources: Summary: Describes the history of penicillin from the discovery of the mold by Fleming through the years of work by such scientists as Chain, Heatley, Florey, and Sheehan who purified, tested, synthesized, and eventually presented the "miracle" drug to the world.
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Bibliography: p. 123-124.

Includes index.

Describes the history of penicillin from the discovery of the mold by Fleming through the years of work by such scientists as Chain, Heatley, Florey, and Sheehan who purified, tested, synthesized, and eventually presented the "miracle" drug to the world.

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