Word: penicillin
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...compounds found in living organisms. He synthesized the delicate substances which color fruits and flowers. He put together artificial sex hormones more powerful than the natural ones. At present he and his chemist-wife Gertrude Maud, whom he met in a laboratory, are working on the production of synthetic penicillin. Organic chemists admire Sir Robert as a master of laboratory strategy. Biochemists honor him for pioneering in the mysterious chemistry of life...
...using air pressure of 25 to 125 pounds per square inch. The gun opening of the instrument is one-fiftieth of the diameter of the finest hypodermic needle. Each injection is loaded in a cartridge. Doctors who have tested it think it will be just the thing for insulin, penicillin, vaccines and a variety of other injections...
...Using packs of penicillin...
...says now that "all doubts vanished" when Dr. Katherine Kiehl appeared shortly thereafter, diagnosed Pamela's wheezing as the croup, and whisked her away to the Massachusetts General Hospital the immediate admittance alone amazed Mrs. Brown, Pamela was administered a shot of penicillin and 36 hours later showed up in good health at her parents' 36 Hingham Street home...
...Karl Meyer announced an exciting new clue to the cause of stomach ulcers. The culprit: an enzyme called lysozyme. Lysozyme destroys the protective mucous that lines the stomach and lays the stomach wall open to erosion by acids and other digestive juices. Discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming, penicillin's discoverer, lysozyme is also present in tears and saliva, is found in abnormal amounts in the stomachs of ulcer patients, seems to be produced in extra-large quantities during emotional upsets. The researchers hope that a cure for ulcers may be found in chemicals that inhibit the enzyme (they have...