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Penicillin

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

'Penicillin cephalosporin - destroying enzymes', New York, USA, 27 October 1964, 1964

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/F/1/F.44
Scope and Content

The material consists of manuscript notes for lecture 'Penicillin cephalosporin - destroying enzymes' by Martin Rivers Pollock, given at New York, USA, 27 October 1964.

Dates: 1964

Penicillin, wartime distribution to civilians in Edinburgh

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-74
Scope and Contents

Papers on the use of penicillin for civilians 1944; correspondence relating to the supply of penicillin to Edinburgh hospitals 1944-1945; requests for supplies of penicillin 1944-1945; correspondence relating to returns of use of penicillin 1945; correspondence relating to supplies of sub-standard penicillin 1945; correspondence relating to increased supplies of penicillin 1945; penicillin treatment record forms 1944-1945

Dates: 1944-1945

Photographs from the 50th-anniversary of the first clinical use of penicillin reunion in Oxford

 Collection — Box CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1785
Scope and Contents

Five photographs from the reunion at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, marking the 50th-anniversary of the first clinical use of penicillin. The pictures show Sir Edward Abraham, Professor Charles Fletcher, Lady Florey, Dr. Norman Heatley, and Kenneth Jones. Also include high-quality copies on paper.

Dates: 1991

Research, c1970-c1974

 Series
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/M1/33
Scope and Contents

These include investigations into the regulation of penicillin synthesis and computerised analysis of e-coli.


  1. computer punchcards
  2. correspondence
  3. notes
  4. graphs
Dates: c1970-c1974

'The biological significance of the penicillin and cephalosporin beta-lactamases ("penicillinase") in bacterial resistance to penicillins and cephalosporin: - some apparent anomalies', c. 1969

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/E/1/E.22A
Scope and Content

The material consists of 'The biological significance of the penicillin and cephalosporin beta-lactamases ("penicillinase") in bacterial resistance to penicillins and cephalosporin: - some apparent anomalies', latest bibliographical reference 1969: typescript draft + references.

Dates: c. 1969

'The function and evolution of penicillinase', Royal Society Discussion Meeting on Penicillin and Related Antibiotics, London, 20 May 1971, 1971

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/F/1/F.80
Scope and Content

The material consits of 2 page typescript summary and manuscript notes for lecture 'The function and evolution of penicillinase' by Martin Rivers Pollock, given at Royal Society Discussion Meeting on Penicillin and Related Antibiotics, London, 20 May 1971

Dates: 1971

Typescript drafts, c. 1952

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/D/1/D.18
Scope and Content

The material consists of a 5pp 'Introduction' on penicillinase; and 'A naive speculation on the possible role of enzyme adaptation in genetics', 4pp, c. 1952.

Dates: c. 1952

Typescript notes on bacterial penicillinase, c. 1964

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/D/1/D.26
Scope and Contents

The material consists of typescript notes relating to bacterial penicillinase by Martin Rivers Pollock, c.1964.

Dates: c. 1964

Workshop on Penicillinase, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 16-18 April 1975, 1975

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/G/1/G.16
Scope and Content

The material consists of brief correspondence only, relating to Martin Rivers Pollock's attendance at Workshop on Penicillinase, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 16-18 April 1975.

Dates: 1975