PENICILLIN IN CHEMISTS' SHOPS
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Received Thursday, 7.30 p.m. LONDON, May 2. Penicillin will generally "be availabie at chemists ' shops throughoxit Britain from June 1 but purchaseable only under a doctor's prescription. The Minister of Supply, Rt. Hon, Wilmot, said general distribution had become po3sihl& hecause Britain -was" producing a thcusand times as much as in 1S43. Penicillin, under a controlled price, would cost less in shilliugs than it did only a few mon';hs ago in pounds. Preparations had been made for large quanfcities of lozenges, powders and ointment niainly for the treatment of minor- ailments. which were expected to make " a hig popular appeal. The penicillin output was sufficient to make it poss:ble soon to export large amounts without sacrificing Britain 's neeis.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1946, Page 5
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