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THE first joint meeting of the Biological Methods and the Physical Methods Groups of the Society of Public Analysts and other Analytical Chemists, held on January 29 in the Barnes Hall of the Royal Society of Medicine, was devoted to methods of penicillin assay-their purpose, scope and validity. The plenitude of highly ingenious assay techniques in the chemical and physical and in the biological fields respectively were briefly surveyed by the opening speakers of the two sessions, Dr. E. Lester Smith and Dr. N. G. Heatley. A dozen or so specialized physical instruments have been pressed into service, several for more than one method, as have many more distinct chemical reactions and physical and microbiological techniques not involving instruments.
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The Assaying of Penicillin. Nature 161, 285–287 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161285b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161285b0