Penicillin
date: label: date made
content: 1944
label: product expiration date
content: 1944-11-29
name: label: maker
content: Charles Pfizer and Company
label: maker
content: Upjohn Company
notes: label: Description
content: Sealed glass ampule with an inscription that reads in part “PENICILLIN SODIUM / 100,000 Oxford Units / / THIS PREPARATION SHOULD BE STORED / BELOW 10°C (50°F) / EXPIRATION DATE: NOV. 29, 1944” and “MANUFACTURED BY CHAS. PFIZER & CO., INC.” and “SUPPLIED BY / THE Upjohn Company” and "24257."
label: Description
content: The vial was saved by the donor's father, Sumner M. Morrison, who worked at Upjohn on penicillin production during the World War II, 1943-1946. Morrison earned a Masters Degree in 1942 in Bacteriology and Physiology from Perdue University. When the US entered the war, he went to Upjohn in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to work on the penicillin project. On March 1, 1944, Pfizer opened the first commercial large-scale penicillin production plant which used deep tank (submerged) fermentation methods. The penicillin in this vial was supplied by Pfizer.
label: Description
content: Ref: “9 FIRMS EXPAND TO MAKE PENICILLIN,” New York Times (Aug. 30, 1943), p. 17.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Kalamazoo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Susan J. Morrison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0204.03
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0204.03
label: accession number
content: 2018.0204
objectType: label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: antibiotic, penicillin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: penicillin sodium (drug ingredient)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.5 cm x 1.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 19/32 in