Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11090

    Extraction drum for penicillin production

    Date
    1952
    Creator
    Unknown, Photographer
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 78mm
    width (print): 67mm
    Subject
    Description
    30 litre extraction tank for penicillin production in a factory setting. The machinery was used in a pilot plant constructed by Dr.Rod Sirivejkul in Bangkok, Thailand.

    Captioned verso in ink: “Extraction tank“.

    Major Rod Sirivejkul was Chief of the Antibiotic Division, Army Medical Department of Siam (Thailand) based in Bangkok. He corresponded with Sir Howard Florey on penicillin supply to Siam in the period 1951-1959.
    Associated place
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