Presentation sample of penicillin, mounted by Fleming in the original medallion presentation case, the reverse inscribed by him (in red ink of the type used to annotate slides): "To/ Miss Inger Knop/ with kind regards// Penicillium notatum// Alexander Fleming// Dec.12 1946", with the original autograph covering letter signed ("Alexander Fleming"), written the following day sending it to Miss Knop: "A lucky charm for 1947./ A culture of the penicillium which I found at St Mary's Hospital in 1928, and which was the beginning of penicillin./ It brought me much luck perhaps it will you"; plus the original envelope (printed with the warning: 'Fragile – With Care/ Pathological Specimen'); plus the original fitted card case, and a stamped return address printed with the name of R.B. Turner & Co Ltd of London [listed in the 1940 edition of The Chemist and Druggist as 'manufacturer and dealer in scientific and chemical apparatus, surgical and dental instruments']; and transcripts of letters by Miss Knop to her brother and one to her from Fleming, Fleming's letter 1 page, 8vo; the sample in a spectacle-glass medallion case with black plastic surround, 53mm. diameter, London, 12 and 13 December 1946
Presentation sample of penicillin, mounted by Fleming in the original medallion presentation case, the reverse inscribed by him (in red ink of the type used to annotate slides): "To/ Miss Inger Knop/ with kind regards// Penicillium notatum// Alexander Fleming// Dec.12 1946", with the original autograph covering letter signed ("Alexander Fleming"), written the following day sending it to Miss Knop: "A lucky charm for 1947./ A culture of the penicillium which I found at St Mary's Hospital in 1928, and which was the beginning of penicillin./ It brought me much luck perhaps it will you"; plus the original envelope (printed with the warning: 'Fragile – With Care/ Pathological Specimen'); plus the original fitted card case, and a stamped return address printed with the name of R.B. Turner & Co Ltd of London [listed in the 1940 edition of The Chemist and Druggist as 'manufacturer and dealer in scientific and chemical apparatus, surgical and dental instruments']; and transcripts of letters by Miss Knop to her brother and one to her from Fleming, Fleming's letter 1 page, 8vo; the sample in a spectacle-glass medallion case with black plastic surround, 53mm. diameter, London, 12 and 13 December 1946
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