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. 2008 Jul 15;149(2):135-6.
doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-2-200807150-00009.

The first use of penicillin in the United States

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The first use of penicillin in the United States

Charles M Grossman. Ann Intern Med. .

Abstract

The first use of penicillin in the United States occurred in 1942 and saved a moribund patient who had beta-hemolytic streptococcal sepsis. Some of the circumstances involved in obtaining and using the drug are described.

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