Streptomycin - First Standard of Streptomycin Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration

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Object Details

Associated Name

Waksman, Selman A.

maker

Merck and Company

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Selman A. Waksman

date made

1942

ID Number

MG.M-06623

accession number

198288

catalog number

M-06623

Object Name

Drug Sample

biological

antibiotic, sample

Other Terms

Drug Sample; Streptomycin sample; Streptomycin-Standard; Antibiotics; Biologicals; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Physical Description

streptomycin (overall material)

glass (container material)

Measurements

overall: 3 in x 1 in; 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm

overall: 2 1/2 in x 3/4 in; x 6.35 cm x 1.905 cm

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Antibody Initiative: Tuberculosis

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Nobel Prize

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-762e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_688704