Emetine record book
- Date:
- 1928-1939
- Reference:
- MS.5890
- Part of:
- Whiffen & Sons Ltd, manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals, London
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Noting purchases of Rio ipecacuanha and deliveries of emetine and emetine salts under the emetine convention which Whiffen managed.
Publication/Creation
1928-1939
Physical description
1 volume 1 volume: 317 × 205 mm., 91 ff., with additional papers attached and inserted loose.
Biographical note
Emetine came into prominence after 1912, when Sir Leonard Rogers discovered its value in the treatment of amoebic dysentery.
Finding aids
Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores