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  • 12598

Micro-methods of estimating penicillin blood serum and other bodily fluids.

Lancet, 244, 620-621, 1944.

Fleming was the first to measure blood levels of penicillin after intramuscular, intradermal, inravenous and continuous drip administration in order to determine the correct dosage. He described his micro-measurement methods in this paper.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)



Subjects: PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Antibiotics › Penicillin
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