Driset (Dried) Penicillin Sodium Salt

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Penicillin group: Calcium Penicillin, 24,000 units; Penicillin, Calcium Salt, 18 mg; Penicillin, Sodium Salt, 15 mg; Driset (Dried) Penicillin Sodium Salt; Penicillin Merck Sodium Salt; Penicillin, 5,000 Oxford Units; Squibb Penicillin Calcium, 1000 Oxford Units

Penicillin group: Penicillin Sodium; Delacillin; Penicillin (Sodium Salt of Penicillin); Penicillin G Sodium; Crystaline Penicillin G; Calcium Penicillin, 24,000 units; Penicillin, Calcium Salt, 18 mg; Penicillin, Sodium Salt, 15 mg; Driset (Dried) Penicillin Sodium Salt; Penicillin Merck Sodium Salt; Penicillin, 5,000 Oxford Units; Squibb Penicillin Calcium, 1000 Oxford Units

Date Made: 1943

Maker: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Credit Line: Transfer from Food and Drug Administration, Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, through Dr. Randall, Division of Antibiotics; Accession 198232 (1953)

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-06632Catalog Number: M-06632Accession Number: 198232

Object Name: antibiotic, control samplepharmaceuticalbiologicalOther Terms: antibiotics; biologicals; drugs

Physical Description: penicillin sodium salt, 100,000 Oxford Units (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 16.5 cm x 2.7 cm; 6 1/2 in x 1 1/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-2965-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1383614

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