C.G. Paine and the earliest surviving clinical records of penicillin therapy

Medical History

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 42-56

  Swan, Harold T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

HISTORY; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY;

BACTERIOLOGY; ENGLAND; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; PENICILLINS; PORTRAITS;

EID: 0022643599     PISSN: 00257273     EISSN: 20488343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025727300045026     Document Type: Article

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