he might have lived!
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A world at war could not wait. Desperately needed penicillin was first grown in mass quantities in thousands of PYREX brand laboratory culture bottles.
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The razor nick on the London bobby's face was so insignificant, he
hardly noticed it. Yet the staphylococcal infection
that began in this tiny wound in a short time was to take his life. A remarkable new drug—used for the first time in his case—made miraculous changes in the course of the infection. He died because only a tiny amount of the drug was available.
Had his infection occurred but a short time later, there would have been enough penicillin to save him. He almost lived.
Wonder of them all Bacteriologist Arthur Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 when one morning he noted that a mold had overnight destroyed a large portion of bacteria in a petri dish.
More than a decade later, another scientist was to research this magic mold to find the source of its miraculous power.
Penicillin—all the world needs -no w saves millions from once deadly diseases. Found in a glass dish, it was first mass produced in PYREX brand culture bottles supplied by Corning in carload lots.
Glass continues its vital role in the pursuit of knowledge about wonder drugs and in practically every other field of research. Because PYREX brand glass No. 7740 combines thermal and mechanical strength, stability and durability in balance, it is the most universally used laboratory ware by today's scientists. Corning means research in glass.
C o r n i n g G l a s s W o r k s C o r n i n g , N e w York
PYREX® labor* ttory ware . . . . . · the tested tool of modern research
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