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penicillin and Radcliffe Infirmary blue plaque

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penicillin and Radcliffe Infirmary blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Penicillin: The first antibiotic was first used to treat infection here at the Outpatients building of the former Radcliffe Infirmary on 12 February 1941. Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences University of Oxford. Recorded plaque organisation: Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences University of Oxford.

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