Picture No | 12478270 |
Date | 1949 |
Description | ILN cover - Dr. Mildred C. Rebstock |
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Chloromycetin synthesised for the first time by Dr. Mildred C. Rebstock. Chloromycetin was discovered to be a powerful means of fighting typhus and typhoid. On March 27th 1949, Parke, Davis and Co. announced the drug had been produced synthetically in their Detroit laboratories by a team of scientists, the first being Rebstock.
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Source | Front cover of The Illustrated London News, 16 April 1949 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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