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Anne Sheafe Miller

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Anne Sheafe Miller

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Anne Miller receives penicillin in New Haven

πŸ“… 14 Maart 1942

A critically ill woman received a scarce supply of the antibiotic during a life-threatening infection.

A rare wartime medicine reaches a patient

πŸ“… 14 Maart 1942

Penicillin was flown to the hospital and delivered in time for Miller’s first dose.

An American penicillin case survives

πŸ“… 14 Maart 1942

Miller became one of the earliest US patients whose life was saved by penicillin therapy.

Antibiotic production faces an urgent test

πŸ“… 14 Maart 1942

The episode illustrated the need to manufacture enough penicillin for wider access during wartime.