Wooden chest for transporting penicillin during WWII
- Made:
- 1942 - 1945
- maker:
- Unknown
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Science Museum Group Collection
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Science Museum Group Collection
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Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Wooden chest used by Major Scott Thomson, RAMC, to transport penicillin supplies to North Africa during the Second World War, 1939-1945
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Science Museum: Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries
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Details
- Category:
- Biotechnology
- Object Number:
- 2013-64
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), wood (unidentified)
- type:
- chest
- taxonomy:
-
- furnishing and equipment
- furnishing - artefact
- case furniture
- credit:
- Muir, Gillian
- copyright:
- Unknown Copyright holder
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