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Original Penicillin Culture, Oxford, 1940s

Inventory Number 23034


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.23034

Subject
Medicine
Item type
Object
Makers
Florey
Physical material
Glass
Cotton
Dimensions
Diameter: 100mm Height: 204mm
Inventory No
23034

Description

Flask with cotton wool stopper containing dried culture. From the work of Howard Florey and colleagues at the William Dunn School of Pathology.