Penicillin, Calcium Salt, 18 mg
date: label: date made
content: 1943
name: label: maker
content: Charles Pfizer and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Alexander Fleming, working in England in 1928, discovered penicillin but could not produce enough for medical use. Following the advent of World War II, the British and American governments supported efforts to mass produce this potentially life-saving drug. Chas. Pfizer & Co., in the U.S., had great success with deep tank fermentation. This sealed glass ampule has a paper label that reads in part “PENICILLIN CALCIUM SALT” and “CHAS. PFIZER & CO., INC.” and “Do Not Use After 12-10-43.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Pfizer and Company; Accession 239425 (1962)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10008
label: catalog number
content: M-10008
label: accession number
content: 239425
objectType: label: Object Name
content: antibiotic
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Other Terms
content: Penicillin-Standard; Antibiotics; Biologicals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: penicillin sodium salt, 5,000 Oxford Units (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.5 cm x 1.8 cm; 4 1/8 in x 23/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 3/4 in; 10.4775 cm x 1.905 cm