Maker:

Charles Pfizer and Company  Search this

Upjohn Company  Search this

Physical Description:

glass (container material)

penicillin [presumed] (drug ingredient)

Measurements:

overall: 9.5 cm x 1.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 19/32 in

Object Name:

biological

antibiotic, penicillin

Place made:

United States: New York, New York City

United States: Michigan, Kalamazoo

Date made:

ca 1944

Associated Date:

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Description:

Sumner M. Morrison earned a master’s degree in Bacteriology and Physiology from Perdue University in 1942, and then landed a job with Upjohn, a pharmaceutical firm in Kalamazoo, Mi., that was gearing up to produce and package penicillin, especially for military purposes. This glass vial presumably contains penicillin from that period.

Location:

Currently not on view

Credit Line:

Susan J. Morrison

ID Number:

2018.0204.04

Catalog number:

2018.0204.04

Accession number:

2018.0204

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-9cf3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1912349